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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=erus eri N M :: master, owner
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ĕrus</b>: (less correctly, hĕrus,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), i, m. Sanscr. [[root]], har-; har-āmi, I [[seize]]; har-anam, [[hand]]; Gr. [[χείρ]], [[χέρης]]; Lat. [[heres]], [[hirudo]]; [[but]] the form [[erus]] is [[that]] of the [[best]] MSS.; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 409; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 24.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[master]] of a [[house]] or [[family]], in [[respect]] to servants: erum [[atque]] servom saluere, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 34: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coercent, [[sit]] [[sane]] adhibenda [[saevitia]], ut eris in famulos, si [[aliter]] teneri non possunt, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf.: non eros nec dominos appellabant eos, quibus juste paruerunt, id. Rep. 1, 41; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 87: me [[meus]] [[erus]] Fecit ut vigilarem, id. ib. 141: [[nonne]] erae meae nunciare, [[quod]] [[erus]] [[meus]] jussit, [[licet]]? id. ib. 296: [[quis]] [[erus]] est [[igitur]] [[tibi]]? id. ib. 206; 225: nec victoris eri tetigit [[captiva]] [[cubile]], Verg. A. 3, 324; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 20; cf.: O [[ere]], quae res Nec modum habet, etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 265: Le. Ubinam est [[erus]]? Li. Major [[apud]] [[forum]]'st [[minor]] hic est [[intus]], [[our]] old ... [[our]] [[young]] [[master]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 49 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of men, a [[master]], [[lord]], [[owner]], [[proprietor]] ([[poet]].): agellulum hunc erique villulam hortulumque pauperis Tuor, Cat. 20, 4; cf.: propriae telluris [[erus]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 129; and: ne perconteris, [[fundus]] [[meus]] Arvo pascat erum, an, etc., id. Ep. 1, 16, 2: destinata Aula divitem manet erum, id. C. 2, 18, 32: O [[cubile]] ... quae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia, Cat. 61, 116.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of the gods: [[nondum]] cum [[sanguine]] [[sacro]] Hostia caelestes pacificasset eros, Cat. 68, 76.—Of the gods, absol.: [[quod]] [[temere]] invitis suscipiatur eris, Cat. 68, 78.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ĕrus</b>, ī, m., v. [[herus]].
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{{Georges
|georg=erus ([[nicht]] [[herus]]), ī, m., der [[Herr]], I) eig. der [[Herr]] [[des]] Hauses, der Hausherr, [[Hausvater]] (Ggstz. famuli), [[Komik]]., Cic. u.a.: [[erus]] [[atque]] [[era]] nostra, unsere [[Herrschaft]], Titin. fr.: [[maior]] u. [[minor]], der [[alte]] u. der junge [[Herr]], der [[Herr]] u. [[Sohn]] vom Hause, [[Komik]]. – II) übh. der Gebieter, [[Beherrscher]], [[Eigentümer]], Catull. u. Hor.: caelestes eri, v. den Göttern, Catull.: [[erus]] [[tuus]], Eheherr ([[Gatte]]), Catull. – / Die [[Schreibung]] [[erus]] ([[era]], [[erilis]]), [[nicht]] [[herus]] ([[hera]], [[herilis]]) in den besten Handschriften u. [[daher]] [[jetzt]] in den Ausgaben der [[Komiker]] u. anderer Autoren; vgl. Cassiod. de orth. (VII) 201, 22 u. 28.
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