Herius

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ri.us]

Herius m sg (genitive Heriī or Herī); second declension

1. a Roman praenomen or nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Herius Asinius, a soldier of the Marrucini

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἥριος (Hḗrios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈheː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ri.us]

Hērius m sg (genitive Hēriī or Hērī); second declension

1. A river of Gallia Lugdunensis mentioned by Ptolemy, maybe the Vilaine

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “Herius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Herius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly