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hērōĭcus , a, um, adj., = ἡρωϊκός,
I. 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.

The Latin adjective,
hērōĭcus , a, um, adj.,

derives from the Greek,

ἡρωϊκός,

The meanings include:

I. of or relating to (mythical) heroes, heroic:

“vetus opinio est, jam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus,”

Cicero, Div. 1, 1, 1:

“tempora,” id. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Quint. 1, 11, 17:

“aetates,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

------- ATREO as hero, 'persona heroica':

“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.