heros

heros

1. plural of hero (“type of sandwich”)

• hoers, H-O-R-S-E, rohes, shoer, Horse, HORSE, shero, shore, H.O.R.S.E., hoser, horse, Shore, RSeOH, Rohes

From the Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero; demigod”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈheː.roːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ros]

hērōs m (genitive hērōis); third declension

1. (literally) demigod, hero
2. (transferred sense, Ciceronianism) an illustrious man

Third-declension noun.

• “heros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• heros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “heros”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Learned borrowing from Latin hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs). Doublet of gieroj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.rɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɔs
• Syllabification: he‧ros

heros m pers

1. (Greek mythology) hero (demigod)
2. (figurative) hero (person of great bravery)

   Synonym: bohater

• heros in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• heros in Polish dictionaries at PWN