Latin

Alternative forms

• erus

Noun

herus m ‎(genitive herī); second declension

1. master of the house or family
2. owner, proprietor

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• herilis

Synonyms

• dominus

References

• herus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HERUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “herus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.