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heredem

heredem is a Latin form of heres, meaning “heir, heiress”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 150 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.104: … nicam filiam neque census esset, quod eum natura hortabatur, lex nulla prohibebat, fecit ut filiam bonis suis heredem institueret. Heres erat filia. faciebant omnia cum pupilla, legis aequitas, voluntas patris, edicta praetorum …

Ovid, Heroides 2.78: Heredem patriae, perfide, fraudis agis.

All forms of heres (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.