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Hēro, ūs, f., = Ἡρώ.

  1. I. A priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestos, beloved by Leander of Abydos, who repeatedly swam to her across the Hellespont, but at length was drowned, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Am. 2, 16, 31.
    1. B. Deriv.: Hērōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hero: turres, Luc. 9, 955.
  2. II. One of the Danaïdes, Hyg. Fab. 170.
  3. III. A daughter of Priam, Hyg. Fab. 90.

Hērōdes, is, m., = Ἡρώδης.

  1. I. A king of Judea, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 184; Macr. S. 2, 4: Herodis dies, the Sabbath, Pers. 5, 180.
    Hence, adj.: Hērōdĭānus, a, um, of Herod.
    Only as subst. plur.: Hērōdĭā-ni, ōrum, m., the followers of Herod, Herodians, Vulg. Marc. 3, 6 al.
  2. II. Surnamed Atticus, a celebrated Greek sophist under the Antonines, Gell. 1, 2; 9, 2; 19, 12.
  3. III. A freedman of Atticus, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25.

hĕrōdĭus, ĭi, and hĕrōdio, ōnis, m., an unknown bird, perhaps the stork, Vulg. Deut. 14, 16 (transl. of the Hebr. [??], in the Engl. transl. the little owl), id. Lev. 11, 17.

Hērŏdŏtus, i, m., = Ἡρόδοτος, celebrated as the earliest Greek historian, born at Halicarnassus, 484 B. C.: quamquam et apud Herodotum, patrem historiae et apud Theopompum sunt innumerabiles fabulae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. de Or. 2, 13, 55; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 73; 101; 9, 4, 16; 18.

hērōĭcē, v. heroicus fin.

hērōĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἡρωϊκός, of or relating to (mythical) heroes, heroic: vetus opinio est, jam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1: tempora, id. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Quint. 1, 11, 17: aetates, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7: Medea et Atreus, heroicae personae, id. N. D. 3, 29, 71: sublimitas heroici carminis, of the heroic poem, of the epic, Quint. 1, 8, 5; cf.: heroici carminis sonus, Tac. Or. 10: carmen, Serv. Verg. A. 1 init.: versus, usually herous versus (v. herous), Prisc. p. 1256 P.
Adv.: hērōĭcē, in the heroic style: hos quoque (versus Homeri) tamquam heroice incomptos adamavit (Vergilius), Macr. S. 5, 14.

† hērōīna (hērōīnē), ae, f., = ἡρωΐνη, a demi-goddess, heroine, Prop. 1, 13, 31; 2, 2, 9; cf.: formosae heroinae, i. e. Cassandra, Andromache, Helena, etc., id. 1, 19, 13; cf. herois.

† hērōīon, ii, n., = ἡρώειον, v. l. for heroum; v. 2. herous fin.

† hērōis, ĭdis, f., = ἡρωΐς,

  1. I. a demi-goddess, heroine: heroidum ac dearum personis effictis, Suet. Ner. 21: veteres heroidas aequare, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 33.
    In Gr., dat. plur. heroisin, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 43.
  2. II. Hērōĭdes, the title of the Epistles of Ovid, acc. to Prisc. p. 908 P.

Hērŏphĭlē, ēs, f., = Ἡροφίλη, a priestess of Apollo, Tib. 2, 5, 68.

† hēros, ōis, m., = ἥρως, a demi-god, hero.

  1. I. Lit.: heroum veteres casus imitari, Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 194: ille deum vitam accipiet divisque videbit Permixtos heroas, Verg. E. 4, 16: magnanimi heroes, id. A. 6, 649: incipit Aeneas heros, id. ib. 6, 103; called also: Troius heros, id. ib. 451: Laertius heros, i. e. Ulysses, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 3: quem virum aut heroa lyra vel acri Tibia sumis celebrare, Clio? Hor. C. 1, 12, 1: Ajax heros, id. S. 2, 3, 193: intererit multum, divusne loquatur an heros, id. A. P. 114.
    Adj., of or belonging to a hero or heroes, heroic: ecce modo heroas sensus efferre videmus Nugari solitos Graece (for heroicos or heroos), heroic thoughts or deeds, Pers. 1, 69.
  2. II. Transf., in Cicero of illustrious men: heros ille noster Cato, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9: Antonii colloquium cum heroibus nostris (i. e. Bruto et Cassio), id. ib. 14, 6, 1: illorum fuit heroum (i. e. Platonis et Aristotelis), id. Rep. 3, 8; and ironically of Clodius: ignari, quantum in illo heroe esset animi, id. Att. 4, 3, 5.

Hērostrătus, i, m., = Ἡρόστρατος, the notorious Ephesian who, in order to make himself famous, set fire to the temple of Diana at Ephesus, Sol. 40, 3.

1. Hērōus, a, um, adj., of Hero; v. Hero, I. B.

† 2. hērōus, a, um, adj., = ἡρῳος, of or relating to a hero, heroic.

  1. I. Adj.: labores, Stat. S. 4, 7, 2: chelys, id. ib. 1, 3, 102; cf.: carmen, Quint. 1, 8, 5; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 16: versus, heroic or epic verse, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Quint. 1, 5, 28: pes, an heroic or epic foot, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182.
  2. II. As subst.
    1. A. hērōus, i, m., an epic verse: apte Jungitur herous cum breviore modo, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22; Mart. 3, 20, 6: in herois, Quint. 10, 1, 88 Zumpt N. cr.; also: herous, qui est idem dactylus, Quint. 9, 4, 88; id. 9, 4, 89.
    2. B. hērōum, i, n.
      1. 1. A monument to the memory of a hero, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.
      2. 2. = asphodelus, Plin. 22, 22, 32, § 67.