hērōis, idis, f., = ἡρωΐς, a demi-goddess, heroine: heroidum ac dearum personis effictis, Suet. Ner. 21: veteres heroidas aequare, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 33.

—In Gr., dat. plur. heroisin, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 43.

— Hērōides, the title of the Epistles of Ovid, acc. to Prisc. p. 908 P.