herus

See also: Herus and heruś

Latin

Alternative forms

• erus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.rus/, [ˈhɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.rus/, [ˈɛːrus]

Noun

herus m (genitive herī); second declension

1. master of the house or family
2. owner, proprietor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	herus	herī
Genitive	herī	herōrum
Dative	herō	herīs
Accusative	herum	herōs
Ablative	herō	herīs
Vocative	here	herī

Synonyms

• dominus

Derived terms

• herilis

References

• “herus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “herus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• herus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• herus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.