Hēro

ūs, f.
I. A priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestos, beloved by Leander of Abydos, who repeatedly swam to her across the Hellespont, but at length was drowned, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Am. 2, 16, 31.—
B. Deriv.: Hērōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hero: turres, Luc. 9, 955.—
II. One of the Danaïdes, Hyg. Fab. 170.—
III. A daughter of Priam, Hyg. Fab. 90.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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