ἡρῷος

α, ον
A. the heroic measure, hexameter, Pl. R. 400b, cf. Arist. Rh. 1408b32; ἡ. [μέτρον] Id. Po. 1460a3; ποὺς ἡ. dactyl, AP 7.9 (Damag.), etc.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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