hēros — Lewis & Short
hēros, ōis, m., = h(/rws,
I a demi-god, hero.
I Lit.:
heroum veteres casus imitari,Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 194:
ille deum vitam accipiet divisque videbit Permixtos heroas,Verg. E. 4, 16:
magnanimi heroes,id. A. 6, 649:
incipit Aeneas heros,id. ib. 6, 103;
called also: Troius heros,id. ib. 451:
Laertius heros,i. e. Ulysses, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 3:
quem virum aut heroa lyra vel acri Tibia sumis celebrare, Clio?Hor. C. 1, 12, 1:
Ajax heros,id. S. 2, 3, 193:
intererit multum, divusne loquatur an heros,id. A. P. 114.—Adj., of or belonging to a hero or heroes, heroic: ecce modo heroas sensus efferre videmus Nugari solitos Graece (for heroicos or heroos), heroic thoughts or deeds, Pers. 1, 69.—
II Transf., in Cicero of illustrious men: heros ille noster Cato, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:
Antonii colloquium cum heroibus nostris (i. e. Bruto et Cassio),id. ib. 14, 6, 1:
illorum fuit heroum (i. e. Platonis et Aristotelis),id. Rep. 3, 8;
and ironically of Clodius: ignari, quantum in illo heroe esset animi,id. Att. 4, 3, 5.