ἡρῷος · hērōios — LSJ
the heroic measure, hexameter, dactyl
the heroic measure, hexameter, Pl. R. 400b, cf. Arist. Rh. 1408b32; ἡ. [μέτρον] Id. Po. 1460a3; ποὺς ἡ. dactyl, AP 7.9 (Damag.), etc.
The corpus record
ἡρῷος
eroos
the heroic measure, hexameter
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Where it lives
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ἡρῷος · hērōios Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
Where it came from
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