1 : showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"
2 : of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
nom
1 : a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
adjectif
1 : relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity
