heres
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
heres
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”), from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hērēs m or f (genitive hērēdis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hērēs | hērēdēs |
| Genitive | hērēdis | hērēdum |
| Dative | hērēdī | hērēdibus |
| Accusative | hērēdem | hērēdēs |
| Ablative | hērēde | hērēdibus |
| Vocative | hērēs | hērēdēs |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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
- to appoint some one as heir in one's will: aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
- “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 EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From here + -es. Compare þeires.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
heres (nominative he)
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- English: hers (obsolete)
See alsoEdit
Middle English personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | ||
| 2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | |||
| 3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen | |
| f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
| n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | |||
| dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
| 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
| plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
| 2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
| 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren | |
| bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren | |||
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
ReferencesEdit
- “hē̆res, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
heres (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hereos (“love-sickness”)
Etymology 3Edit
PronounEdit
heres
- Alternative form of hires (“hers”)
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
heres
Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
heres
- Alternative form of herest: second-person singular present of heren