heres

See also: hères and here's

English

Noun

heres

  1. plural of here

Anagrams


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hērēs c (genitive hērēdis); third declension

  1. heir, heiress

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: hereu
  • Catalan: hereu
  • Old French: eir
    • → Middle English: heir
    • French: hoir
    • Middle Irish: eigre (see there for further descendants)

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • heres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From here + -es.

Pronoun

heres (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs
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Etymology 2

Pronoun

heres

  1. Alternative form of hires

References

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