[ˈheː.reːs], [ˈɛː.res]
OrigoFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”), from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”).
- declension-3heir, heiress
““Sī tē nūlla movet tantārum glōria rērum –
[nec super ipse tuā mōlīris laude labōrem] –
Ascanium surgentem et spēs hērēdis Iūlī
respice, cui rēgnum Ītaliae Rōmānaque tellūs
dēbentur.” …
“If the glorie” — (Mercury arrives to confront Aeneas, now lingering in Carthage, and foreshadows the family destiny. The god speaks two different names for Aeneas’s only son: Ascanius, and Iulus, whom Julius Caesar an
“Hoc Monumentum Hērēdem Nōn Sequitur” — "This tombstone does not follow the heir." (An inscription sometimes found on Ancient Roman tombstones, seemingly to stop a tombstone’s being sold off for money by the dead Roman’s heirs.)
Formaehērēs(canonical, feminine, masculine) · hērēdis(genitive) · hērēs(nominative, singular) · hērēdēs(nominative, plural) · hērēdis(genitive, singular) · hērēdum(genitive, plural) · hērēdī(dative, singular) · hērēdibus(dative, plural) · hērēdem(accusative, singular) · hērēdēs(accusative, plural) · hērēde(ablative, singular) · hērēdibus(ablative, plural) · hērēs(singular, vocative) · hērēdēs(plural, vocative) · haerēs(alternative)