The corpus record
eroismos · ὁ
cult of heroes
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ἡρω-ισμός · hērō-ismos — LSJ
cult of heroes, IG 12(2).29 (Mytil., spelt ἡρ-οισμός):— hence ἡρ-οϊσταί, οἱ, IG 2(2).1339 (i B.C.); ἡρ-ωεισταί Annuario 4/5.482; ἡρω-ιασταί BCH 50.15 (Delph., iv B.C.), 22.255 (Acraephia): later ἡρωστής (q.v.).
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.