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ĕrus (less correctly, hĕrus, v. infra), i, m. [Sanscr. root, har-; har-āmi, I seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. χείρ, χέρης; Lat. heres, hirudo; but the form erus is that of the best MSS.; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 409; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 24].

  1. I. Lit., the master of a house or family, in respect to servants: erum atque servom saluere, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 34: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coercent, sit sane adhibenda saevitia, ut eris in famulos, si aliter teneri non possunt, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf.: non eros nec dominos appellabant eos, quibus juste paruerunt, id. Rep. 1, 41; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 87: me meus erus Fecit ut vigilarem, id. ib. 141: nonne erae meae nunciare, quod erus meus jussit, licet? id. ib. 296: quis erus est igitur tibi? id. ib. 206; 225: nec victoris eri tetigit captiva cubile, Verg. A. 3, 324; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 20; cf.: O ere, quae res Nec modum habet, etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 265: Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum’st minor hic est intus, our old … our young master, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 49 sq.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of men, a master, lord, owner, proprietor (poet.): agellulum hunc erique villulam hortulumque pauperis Tuor, Cat. 20, 4; cf.: propriae telluris erus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 129; and: ne perconteris, fundus meus Arvo pascat erum, an, etc., id. Ep. 1, 16, 2: destinata Aula divitem manet erum, id. C. 2, 18, 32: O cubile … quae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia, Cat. 61, 116.
    2. B. Of the gods: nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset eros, Cat. 68, 76.
      Of the gods, absol.: quod temere invitis suscipiatur eris, Cat. 68, 78.

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.