hērōis, ĭdis, f., = ἡρωΐς,
I 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.—
II Hērōĭdes , the title of the Epistles of Ovid , acc. to Prisc. p. 908 P.