See also: hères and here's

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heres

  1. plural of here

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (derelict), from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (to leave behind, abandon). Cognate with Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, widow).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hērēs m or f (genitive hērēdis); third declension

  1. heir, heiress
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.272–276:
      “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 glories of such deeds do not inspire you – [and moreover, neither are you yourself endeavoring an effort with merit] – consider Ascanius, [now] coming of age, and the hope of [your] heir Iulus, to whom is due the rule of Italy and the land of Rome.”
      (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 and Caesar Augustus claimed as a royal ancestor. Note: Line 273 nearly duplicates line 234 and may be a corruption of the original text.)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hērēs hērēdēs
Genitive hērēdis hērēdum
Dative hērēdī hērēdibus
Accusative hērēdem hērēdēs
Ablative hērēde hērēdibus
Vocative hērēs hērēdēs

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Descendants edit

  • Eastern Romance
    • Romanian: erede, herede
  • Gallo-Italic
  • Italo-Dalmatian
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old French: eir
  • Rhaeto-Romance
  • West Iberian

References edit

  • heres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • heres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • heres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • heres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to appoint some one as heir in one's will: aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
    • to be some one's heir: heredem esse alicui
    • sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate: heres ex asse, ex dodrante
    • heir to two-thirds of the property: heres ex besse
  • heres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • heres”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From here +‎ -es. Compare þeires.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛris/, /ˈhɛːris/

Pronoun edit

heres (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them
    Synonym: heren
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Descendants edit
  • English: hers (obsolete)

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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

heres (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hereos (love-sickness)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronoun edit

heres

  1. Alternative form of hires (hers)

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

heres

  1. plural of here (haircloth)

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

heres

  1. Alternative form of herest: second-person singular present of heren