heroidn.

Brit.

/hᵻˈrəʊɪd/, U.S.

/həˈroʊɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Heroides, hērōis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Heroides, the title of the Epistles of Ovid, according to Priscian (5th or 6th cent.), plural of classical Latin hērōis heroine < ancient Greek ἡρωίς (plural ἡρωίδες ) heroine < ἥρως hero n. + -ίς -id suffix². Compare Middle French, French héroïde (1563 in this sense; 1512 in sense ‘heroine’).Compare the following isolated earlier example of heroid denoting a festival in honour of Apollo ( < post-classical Latin heroid-, herois (1570 in the passage translated) < Hellenistic Greek ἡρωίς, extended use of ancient Greek ἡρωίς):1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xii. 676 The Delphians celebrated three kindes of plaies euery ninth yeare: the Stephateria, the Heroides [L. Heroidem], and their Chorilæ.

An epistolary poem attributed to a famous historical or legendary figure, esp. one supposedly addressed by a classical heroine or hero to a lover or spouse.

ΚΠ

1761 Andromache to Pyrrhus 4 The Language of the Heroid is sudden and animative.

1795 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 16 166 The most important pieces in the first volume..are Heroids, or heroic epistles; a form of composition probably invented by Ovid.

1865 J. M. Ludlow Pop. Epics Middle Ages I. iii. xvi. 416 I am equally disposed to fix the date of the text before even the conquest of England; because (assuming the work to be Norman) that event was also one so great that it must have printed itself on all contemporary popular heroids.

1968 W. R. Trask tr. Casanova Hist. my Life VI. ii. 39 When she awoke, reading the heroid of Eloise and Abelard set us on fire [with desire].

2003 A. Swanson in M. Gosman et al. Princes & Princely Culture I. 270 Brahe has been recently credited with writing a long Ovidian heroid, Urania Titani.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heroid
释义	heroidn. Brit. /hᵻˈrəʊɪd/, U.S. /həˈroʊɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Heroides, hērōis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Heroides, the title of the Epistles of Ovid, according to Priscian (5th or 6th cent.), plural of classical Latin hērōis heroine < ancient Greek ἡρωίς (plural ἡρωίδες ) heroine < ἥρως hero n. + -ίς -id suffix². Compare Middle French, French héroïde (1563 in this sense; 1512 in sense ‘heroine’).Compare the following isolated earlier example of heroid denoting a festival in honour of Apollo ( < post-classical Latin heroid-, herois (1570 in the passage translated) < Hellenistic Greek ἡρωίς, extended use of ancient Greek ἡρωίς):1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xii. 676 The Delphians celebrated three kindes of plaies euery ninth yeare: the Stephateria, the Heroides [L. Heroidem], and their Chorilæ. An epistolary poem attributed to a famous historical or legendary figure, esp. one supposedly addressed by a classical heroine or hero to a lover or spouse. ΚΠ 1761 Andromache to Pyrrhus 4 The Language of the Heroid is sudden and animative. 1795 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 16 166 The most important pieces in the first volume..are Heroids, or heroic epistles; a form of composition probably invented by Ovid. 1865 J. M. Ludlow Pop. Epics Middle Ages I. iii. xvi. 416 I am equally disposed to fix the date of the text before even the conquest of England; because (assuming the work to be Norman) that event was also one so great that it must have printed itself on all contemporary popular heroids. 1968 W. R. Trask tr. Casanova Hist. my Life VI. ii. 39 When she awoke, reading the heroid of Eloise and Abelard set us on fire [with desire]. 2003 A. Swanson in M. Gosman et al. Princes & Princely Culture I. 270 Brahe has been recently credited with writing a long Ovidian heroid, Urania Titani. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761
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