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2. Er (Her), Eris, m., a Pamphylian, who, according to legend (cited in Plato Polit. 10, 12, p. 626), rose from the dead, Cic. Rep. 6, 3; 6 sq.

ĕra (less correctly, hera; v. erus), ae (archaic gen. sing. ĕrāï, Aus. Idyll. 7, 5), f. [erus].

  1. I. Prop., the mistress of a house, with respect to the servants; the mistress, lady: nunquam era errans (i. e. Medea), etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 287 Vahl.): servus Dat (puellam) erae suae, Plaut. Cas. prol. 44 sq.; so id. ib. 2, 5, 3; 2, 8, 70; id. Am. 1, 1, 105; Ter. And. 4, 2, 4; id. Eun. 4, 3, 12; 5, 3, 8. So, era major and era minor, the old and young mistress, the lady of the house and her daughter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 22 and 23.
  2. II. Meton., a mistress, female ruler or governor.
    1. A. Of goddesses: domina, era (Minerva), Enn. ap. Ach. Stat. ad Cat. 1, 9 (Vahl. Enn. p. 177, no. 22): Fortuna, era, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 12 dub.; cf.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 Vahl.—for which, sit sane Fors domina campi, Cic. Pis. 2, 3): rapidi Tritonis era, i. e. Minerva, Cat. 64, 396: hilarate erae (i. e. Cybeles) citatis erroribus animum, id. 63, 18; so ib. 92: tergeminam tunc placat eram (Hecaten), Val. Fl. 1, 780: noctis eram Ditemque ciens, i. e. Proserpine, id. 7, 313.
    2. B. Of sweethearts, Cat. 68, 136; so Ov. H. 9, 78.

ĕrĭ-fŭga (less correctly, heri-), ae, m. (erus-fugio), a runaway, a slave who absconds from his master: erifugae Famuli, Cat. 63, 51.

ĕrī̆lis (less correctly hĕrīlis, v. erus), e, adj. [erus], of the master or mistress of a family, the master’s, the mistress’s (poet.; esp. in Plaut.): erum fefelli, in nuptias conjeci erilem filium, Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. Ad. 3, 2, 3; so, filius, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117; id. Most. 1, 1, 20; 79; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 58; id. ib. 5, 5, 20; id. Phorm. 1, 1, 5: filia, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 35; id. ib. 2, 3, 8; id. Cist. 2, 3, 8: amica, id. Mil. 2, 1, 37; 44; id. ib. 2, 3, 3; cf. concubina, id. ib. 2, 3, 66; id. ib. 2, 5, 60; id. ib. 2, 6, 28; 68: erilis patria, salve, id. Bacch. 2, 1, 1: gressumque canes comitantur erilem, Verg. A. 8, 462: mensaeque assuetus erili, id. ib. 7, 490: res, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 1; so, imperium, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13; cf. nutus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 6: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis (i. e. Medeae), Enn. ap. Non. 39, 3 (Trag. v. 289 Vahl.): nisi erile mavis Carpere pensum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 63: crilis praevortit metus, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17: nomen erile tenet, Ov. M. 10, 502: turpi clausus in arca, Quo te demisit peccati conscia (ancilla) erilis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 60.

Ērillus (Hērillus), i, m., a Stoic philosopher of Carthage, who flourished about B. C. 260, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85; Lact. 3, 7, 8.,
Hence, Ērillĭi (Her-), ōrum, m., the disciples of Erillus, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.

ērĭnācĕus (herin-), i, m. [er; cf. ericius], a hedgehog, Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; 10, 63, 83, § 174 al. (Sillig; dub.
Jan. irenaceus).

eritūdo (her-): servitudo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83, 1 Müll.; cf.: eritudo dominatio, Placid. Gloss. p. 460; and: eritudo δεσποτεία, Gloss. Labb. [erus = herus].

ĕrus (less correctly, hĕrus, 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].

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. 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 cubilequae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia, Cat. 61, 116.
    2. 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.

ervum (her-), i, n. [Gr. ἐρέβινθος, ὄροβος; root, ar- for al-; cf. alo], a kind of pulse, the bitter vetch, ervum ervilia, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 100 Voss.; Col. 2, 10, 34; 11, 2, 10; Pall. Jan. 8; Ov. Med. fac. 55; Hor. S. 2, 6, 117.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = αἵρεσις.

  1. I. A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (= secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; as Greek, id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: Pythagorae haeresim sequi, Vitr. 5 praef.
      1. 2. Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.: Ariana, the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6: plurimae sectae et haereses, Lact. 4, 30, 2.
        Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.
        Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana … risisse me satis, i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.
  2. II. A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

1. hĕra, v. era.

2. Hēra, ae, f., = Ἧρα,

  1. I. the Grecian goddess Hera, corresp. to the Juno of the Romans, Sol. 2, 10; Inscr. Orell. 2225 (although here, perh., HERA is i. q. FORTVNA).
  2. II. Deriv.: Hēraea, ōrum, n., = Ἡραῖα, τά, the festival of Hera, Liv. 27, 30, 9 sq.

3. Hēra, ae, f., = Ἧρα, another name of Hybla Minor in Sicily, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5.

Hēraclēa or Hēraclīa, ae, f., = Ἡράκλεια (city of Heracles or Hercules), the name of several cities.
In partic.

  1. I. A seaport of Lucania, on the river Siris, a colony of Tarentum, and the birthplace of the painter Zeuxis, now Policoro, Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Cic. Arch. 4, 6; Liv. 1, 18; 8, 24.
    1. B. Deriv.: Hēraclēen-ses or Hēraclīenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea, Heracleans, Cic. Arch. 4, 6 sq.; id. Balb. 8, 21.
  2. II. A very ancient city of Sicily, a colony from Crete, called in earlier times Minoa, now Capo Bianco, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 125; Liv. 24, 35; 25, 40.
    1. B. Deriv.: Hēraclēenses or Hēraclīenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea, Heracleans, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.
  3. III. A city of Phthiotis in Thessaly, near Thermopylœ, a colony of Sparta, formerly Trachis, Liv. 28, 5, 13 sq.; Just. 13, 5, 8.
  4. IV. Heraclea Sintica or Heraclea ex Sintiis, a city in Pœonia, on the western bank of the Strymon, now Melenik, Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 3; Liv. 42, 51, 7.
  5. V. A maritime town of Pontus, also with the epithet Pontica, now Erekli or Eregri, Mel. 1, 19, 7; Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Liv. 42, 56.

Hērāclĕŏpŏlis, is, f., = Ἡρακλέους πόλις, a city of Egypt upon an ancient island of the Nile, which has become part of its western bank, now Ahnas, Mart. Cap. 6, § 676.
Hence, Hērāclĕŏpŏlītes, ae, adj., of Heracleopolis: nomos, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84.
Plur. subst.: Hērāclĕŏpŏlī-tae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Heracleopolis, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 86.

Hēraclēōtes, ae, m., = Ἡρακλειώτης, of or belonging to Heraclea, Heracleote, born in Heraclea: tractus, in Æolis, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122: Dionysius ille, a disciple of Zeno, perh. of Heraclea in Lucania, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 71: Zeuxis, perh. from the same place, id. Inv. 2, 1, 1; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61.
Subst.: Hēraclēōtae, ārum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heraclea, Heracleotes: in Caria, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 2.

Hēraclēōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἡρακλειωτικός, of or belonging to Heraclea, Heracleotic: origanum, Plin. 20, 16, 62, § 170: nux, Opp. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14.

Hērāclēum, i, n., = Ἡράκλειον, a city in Macedonia, on the border of Thessaly, Liv. 44, 2 sqq.

1. Hēraclēus or -clĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Heraclea (in Lydia), Heraclean: lapis, also called Lydius, Plin. 33, 8, 43, § 126; of the magnet, id. 36, 16, 25, § 127.

2. Hĕrāclēus or -clĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules; v. Hercules, II. D.

1. Hēraclīdes, ae, m., a proper name.

  1. I. A physician, Cels. 3, 6.
  2. II. Called Ponticus, a Greek philosopher of Heraclea in Pontus, a pupil of Plato and Speusippus, and afterwards of Aristotle, Cic. Leg. 3, 6; id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8 al.
  3. III. Heraclides Ponticus the younger, a grammarian, Gell. ap. Prisc. 705 P.
  4. IV. A painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 135.

2. Hēraclīdes, ae, v. Hercules, II. E.

Hēraclīensis, e, v. Heraclea, I. B. and II. B.

Hērāclītus, i, m., = Ἡράκλειτος.

  1. I. A celebrated Greek philosopher of Ephesus, who wrote in an obscure style (hence called ὁ σκοτεινός, the Obscure), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15; id. N. D. 3, 14, 35; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Lucr. 1, 639: nec consulto dicis occulte tamquam Heraclitus, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74.
    1. B. Deriv.: Hēraclītĕi, ōrum, m., the disciples of Heraclitus, App. Doctr. Plat. 1, p. 2, 41.
  2. II. A pupil of Clitomachus and Philo, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 12.
  3. III. An ambassador sent by king Philip to Hannibal, with the surname Scotinus, Liv. 23, 39.

Hēraclius, a, um, v. 1. Heraclëus and Hercules, II. D.

Hēraea, ae, f. [Hera], a fortified city in Arcadia, on the Alphēus, Liv. 28, 7 sq.

Hēraeus, a, um, v. 2. Hera, II.

herba, ae, f. [old Lat. forb-ea; Gr. φορβή; Sanscr. root bhar-, to nourish],

  1. I. springing vegetation, grass, green stalks or blades, green crops, herbage, an herb (cf.: gramen, faenum, caespes, glaeba): herba cubile Praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans, Lucr. 5, 816: in molli consedimus herba, Verg. E. 3, 55: cum ceteris in campo exercentibus in herba ipse recubuisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: abicere se in herba, id. ib. 1, 7, 28: fusus per herbam (agricola), Verg. G. 2, 527 al.: invitant (Pecudes) herbae gemmantes rore recenti, Lucr. 2, 319; so, gemmantes rore, id. 5, 461: herbae rore vigentes, id. 2, 361: teneras per herbas Ludere, id. 1, 260: nova tum tellus herbas virgultaque primum Sustulit, id. 5, 790: ex quibusdam stirpibus et herbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: corona ex asperis herbis et agrestibus, id. Div. 1, 34, 75; cf. ib. 2, 32, 68: quas herbas pecudes non edunt, homines edunt, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 23 sq.; cf.: fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2: herbis vivis et urticā, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7: solstitialis herba, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36: interim mores mali Quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrume, id. Trin. 1, 1, 9: fallax veneni, a poisonous plant, Verg. E. 4, 24: nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam, a blade, id. ib. 5, 26; cf. Ov. M. 10, 87: et sulcis frumenti quaereret herbam, young crop, Verg. G. 1, 134: novitates si spem afferunt, ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat, etc., Cic. Lael. 19, 68; cf.: primis segetes moriuntur in herbis, Ov. M. 5, 4: Ceres dominum primis fallebat in herbis, id. F. 4, 645.
    So prov.: saepe audivi, inter os atque offam multa intervenire posse; verum vero inter offam atque herbam, ibi vero longum intervallum est, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; cf.: sed nimium properas et adhuc tua messis in herba est, Ov. H. 17, 263; and: egone, qui indolem ingenii tui in germine etiam tum et in herba et in flore dilexerim, nunc frugem ipsam maturae virtutis nonne multo multoque amplius diligam? Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5 Mai.: omnis illa lausvelut in herba vel flore praecerpta ad nullam certam et solidam pervenit frugem, Tac. Dial. 9, 5.
    Prov.: herbam dare, to own one’s self beaten: herbam do cum ait Plautus, significat: victum me fateor; quod est antiquae et pastoralis vitae indicium. Nam qui in prato cursu aut viribus contendebant, cum superati erant, ex eo solo, in quo certamen erat, decerptam herbam adversario tradebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 128; Varr. ib.; Plin. 22, 4, 4, § 8; Att. and Afran. ap. Non. 317, 18 and 20.
  2. II. Transf., weeds, useless plants: officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae, Verg. G. 1, 69; 2, 251; cf. id. ib. 2, 411; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 300.

herbācĕus, a, um, adj. [herba], grassy, grass-colored, grass-green, Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 110; cf.: folia herbacei coloris, id. 20, 13, 51, § 134: flos, id. 21, 19, 75, § 128 (opp. albus), id. 26, 8, 35, § 55: oleum, id. 23, 4, 49, § 95: chrysocolla, id. 33, 5, 27, § 90.

herbans, antis, adj. [herba], producing grass or herbage, full of grass: prata, App. M. 7, p. 194 Oud. N. cr. (al. herbentia).

herbārĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars) [herba], the knowledge of plants, botany: herbariam et medicamentariam a Chirone volunt repertam, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196.

herbārium, ii, n. [herbarius], a collection of dried plants, an herbarium, Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 31.

herbārĭus, ĭi, m. [herba], one skilled in plants, a botanist, Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191; 25, 13, 109, § 174.

herbātĭcus, a, um, adj. [herba], living on grass or herbs, grass-eating (post-class.): animalia, Vop. Prob. 19, 4.

herbens, entis, v. herbans.

herbesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [id.], to grow into green stalks or blades: elicere herbescentem viriditatem, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: campi semper herbescunt, Amm. 31, 2, 19.

Herbessus (Herbēsus), i, f., a town of Sicily, Liv. 24, 30 al.

* herbĕus, a, um, adj. [herba], grasscolored, grass-green: oculi, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 16.

herbĭdo, āre, 1, v. a. [herbidus], to give a grassy appearance to: terras, Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.

herbĭdus, a, um, adj. [herba].

  1. I. Full of grass or herbs, grassy: campi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; Liv. 9, 2, 7: Epiros, Ov. M. 8, 282: segetes, full of weeds, Col. 1, 6, 22: potus, obtained from herbs, Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28: insulae herbidae omnes harundine et junco, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5: ripae, Amm. 14, 3, 4.
  2. II. Like grass, grassy, grass-colored: folium herbidi coloris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 56: lux, Prud. Psych. 863.

herbĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [herba-fero], producing grass or herbs, grassy, herbiferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): colles, Ov. M. 14, 9: Acis, id. F. 4, 468: Pelius mons, Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94.

* herbĭgrădus, a, um, adj. [herbagradior], going in the grass, a poet. epithet of the snail, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133.

herbĭlis, e, adj. [herba], fed with grass: anser, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 129; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.

* herbĭpŏtens, entis, adj. [herba-potens], skilled in herbs (poet.): manus (Circes), Boëth. Cons. 4, 3, 9.

Herbĭta, ae, f., = Ἑρβίτα,

  1. I. a town in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 32, § 75.
  2. II. Deriv. Herbĭtensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Herbita, Herbitan: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47.
    Subst.: Herbĭtenses, ĭum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Herbita, Herbitans, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 156.

herbo, āre, v. herbans.

herbōsus, a, um, adj. [herba-potens].

  1. I. Full of grass or herbs, grassy: campus, Hor. C. 3, 18, 9: Palatia, Tib. 2, 5, 25: Apidanus, Prop. 1, 3, 6: flumen, Verg. G. 2, 199: pascua, Ov. M. 2, 689: moretum, id. F. 4, 367: herbosissima stramenta, Cato, R. R. 54, 2.
  2. II. Grass-colored, grass-green (post-class.): marmor, Sid. Carm. 5, 38: calcei smaragdineae fluctu viriditatis, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.

herbŭla, ae, f. dim. [herba-potens], a little herb: cervae perpurgant se quadam herbula, quae seselis dicitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127; Sen. Vit. Beat. 9; Quint. 1, 3, 5.

herbuscŭla, ae, f. dim. [herba-potens], a little herb or plant: quaedam, Mart. Cap. 2, § 100.

Hercēus, i, m., = Ἑρκεῖος (of or belonging to the court-yard), an epithet of Jupiter, as the protector of the house and its enclosure (pure Lat. Penetralis): Herceus Juppiter intra conseptum domus cujusque colebatur, quem etiam deum penetralem appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll. N. cr.; Hyg. F. 91; Sen. Agam. 469; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 469: ara Hercei Jovis, Ov. Ib. 286 (al. Rhoetei).
Hence, also: Herceae arae, Luc. 9, 979 (dub.).

hercisco or ercisco, ĕre, v. a. [contr. from herctum or erctum and cisco, as a v. inch. from cieo; cf. herctum], in the old jurid. lang., to proceed to the division of an inheritance, to divide an inheritance.

  1. I. Lit.: idcirco qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem herciscundae familiae causam agere non possit, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit, id. Caecin. 7, 19; Dig. 10, 2; cf. App. M. 9, p. 229.
  2. II. Transf.: nos viae herciscundae contendentes, i. e. disputing as to which way we should take, App. M. 6, p. 186.

hercle, v. Hercules, I. B.

herctum or erctum, i, n. [HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; perh. kindr. with heres]. In the old jurid. lang., an inheritance, estate, patrimony; only in the connection herctum (erct-) ciere (whence is derived herciscere), to divide an inheritance: qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: herctum non citum, an undivided inheritance, Gell. 1, 9, 12; cf. Don. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 642: herctum citum fit inter consortes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82 Müll.

Hercŭlānĕum (Hercŭlānĭum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; but the modern form Herculanum is not Lat.; in Cic. Att. 7, 3, 1, read Aeculanum; v. Orell. ad loc.), ĕi, n., = Ἡράκλειον,

  1. I. a town of Campania, situated on the sea-coast, between Naples and Pompeii, and buried along with the latter city by an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; Sisenn. ap. Non. 207, 9; Liv. 10, 45; Vell. 2, 16, 2; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26 fin.; Flor. 1, 16.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Her-cŭlānĕus (-lanus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Herculaneum, Herculanean: via, Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; Plin. 15, 18, 18, § 72; Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16.
      Form Herculanus: ficus, Cato, R. R. 8, 1: via, Flor. 4, 8, 6.
    2. B. Hercŭlānensis, e, adj., the same: fundus, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3; for which absol.: villa in Herculanensi, in the vicinity of Herculaneum, Sen. de Ira, 3, 22.
      Subst.: Hercŭlānenses, ĭum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Herculaneum, Herculaneans, Inscr. Grut. 439, 6.

Hercŭlānĕus, a, um, v. Herculaneum, II. A., and Hercules, II. B.

Hercŭlānus, a, um, v. Hercules, II. C.

hercŭlārĭa, ae, f., a plant, i. q. sideritis, App. Herb. 72.

hercŭle and hercŭles, v. Hercules, I. B.

Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

  1. I. Herculei, Cat. 55, 13), m., = Ἡρακλῆς, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Ἀλκμήνη; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.: neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.
    In gen. plur.: et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae, Tert. Spect. 11 fin.
    Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68: personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus, Quint. 6, 1, 36.
    1. B. Transf., analog. with the Greek Ἡράκλεις and Ἧρακλες, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
          1. (α) Hercules and mehercules: et, hercules, hae quidem exstant, Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7: licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2: neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero, Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141: cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit, id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit, Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.
          2. (β) Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf. also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules, Cic. Or. 47, 157): et hercule ita fecit, id. Lael. 11, 37: et hercule, id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3; 12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat, Cic. Rep. 1, 13: non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc., id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3: sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc., id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7: atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo, Cic. Rep. 1, 9: dicam me hercule, id. ib. 1, 19: non me hercule, inquit, id. ib. 1, 38: non mehercule, Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74: cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.: ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc., id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144: vere mehercule hoc dicam, id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3: mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua, id. Fam. 2, 11, 2: servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc., id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.
          3. (γ) Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.): obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173: tanto hercle melior, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33: mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile, Ter. And. 1, 3, 20: nescio hercle, id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87: perii hercle, id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14: non hercle, id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76: per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit, Gell. 3, 6, 1.
            With intensive particles: heu hercle, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41: scite hercle sane, id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.: sane quidem hercle, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8: minime, minime hercle vero! Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.: minime hercle, Cic. Lael. 9, 30: haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc., id. de Or. 3, 22, 82: pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean: domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes, Hor. C. 2, 12, 6: labor, id. ib. 1, 3, 36: coronae arbos, i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.: umbra populi, id. A. 8, 276: leo, the lion’s skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263: Oete, on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178: hospes, i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8: ternox, in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301: hostis, i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47: gens, i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so, penates, Sil. 7, 44: sacrum, instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270: Trachin, built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627: urbs, the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.
      Hence also: litora, near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2: Tibur, i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62: astrum, i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199; also: metae, Luc. 3, 278.
    2. B. Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.
      Also to denote things large of their kind: formicae, Plin. 30. 4, 10, § 29: urtica, id. 21, 15, 55, § 92: nodus, Sen. Ep. 87, 33: nymphaea, App. Herb. 67: sideritis, id. ib. 72: machaera, Capitol. Pertin. 8.
    3. C. Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.
    4. D. Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἡράκλειος or Ἡράκλιος, the same: fabulae, Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).
    5. E. Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Ἡρακλείδης, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid: exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi, Vell. 1, 2 fin.
  3. F. Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

Hercŭlĕus, a, um, v. Hercules, II. A.

Hercynĭa silva, = Ἑρκύνιος δρυμός, the Hercynian Forest, in ancient Germany, sixty days’ journey in length and nine in width, extending from the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest, on the north-east, to the Harz, Caes. B. G. 6, 24 sq.; Mel. 3, 3, 3; Tac. G. 28.
Called also: Hercynius saltus, Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; 10, 47, 67, § 132; Tac. G. 30; Liv. 5, 34, 4; and: Hercynium jugum, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100.
Also absol.: Hercynia, ae, f., Tac. A. 2, 45 fin.

Hercynna or Hercȳna, ae, f., a female companion of Proserpina, to whom a temple was dedicated at Lebadia, Liv. 45, 27, 8.

Herdōnea or -ia, ae, f., a city of the interior of Apulia, now Ordona, Liv. 25, 21, 1; 27, 1, 3; Sil. 8, 569 (perh. also in Liv. 24, 20, 8, inst. of Ardoneas).
Herdōni-enses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Herdonia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

Herdonĭus, ĭi, m., a proper name: Turnus H., of Aricia, Liv. 1, 50 sq.: Appius H., a Sabine, id. 3, 15 sq.

1. hĕre, adv., v. heri.

2. Hērē, ēs, f., the goddess of inheritance, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. (Ann. v. 108 Vahl.).

hērēdĭŏlum, i, n. dim. [heredium], a small inheritance, small patrimony, Col. 1, praef. § 13; Gell. 19, 7, 1: herediolum, majorum regna meorum, Aus. Idyll. 3, 1: ex iguum, App. Mag. p. 338, 6: num ipsum heredioli pretium invidiosum est? id. ib. p. 338, 17.

hērēdĭpĕta, ae, m. [heredium-peto], one that strives after an inheritance, a legacy-hunter, Petr. S. 124, 2; Schol. Juv. 3, 129.

hērēdĭtārĭē, adv., v. the foll. art.

hērēdĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [hereditas], of or relating to an inheritance, inherited, hereditary (class.): auctio, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13; cf.: lites, Quint. 3, 10, 2: agri, Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 1: cognomen quod habes hereditarium, Cic. Rep. 6, 11: imperium, Curt. 10, 7 fin.: jus, Flor. 3, 13 fin.: bellum, id. 3, 17: paupertas (with vetus), Val. Max. 4, 3, 8: res, an inheritance, Gai. Inst. 2, 9: aes alienum, id. ib. 3, 84 al.
Adv.: hērēdĭtārĭē, by inheritance (late Lat.), Vulg. Ezech. 46, 16.

hērēdĭtas, ātis (gen. plur. hereditatium, Cic. Dom. 15, 35; Inscr. Orell. 107 al.; but usu. hereditatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16; id. Agr. 1, 3, 8), f. [heres], heirship, inheritance.

  1. I. Abstr.: hereditas est successio in universum jus, quod defunctus habebat tempore mortis, Dig. 50, 16, 24: si istiusmodi mi fundus hereditate obvenerit, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4; cf.: quoniam habes istum equum, aut emeris oportet aut hereditate possideas aut, etc. … sed neque emisti, neque hereditate venit, neque, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 84: de hereditatibus, Gai. Inst. 2, 99 sqq.; 3, 1 sqq.
  2. II. Concr., an inheritance (cf. patrimonium).
    1. A. Lit.: hereditas est pecunia, quae morte alicujus ad quempiam pervenit jure, nec ea aut legata testamento aut possessione retenta, Cic. Top. 6, 29: si qua mihi obtigerit hereditas magna atque luculenta, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 23; cf.: cum ejus filio hereditas a propinquo permagna venisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: de hereditate ea, quae pupillo venit, id. Inv. 2, 21, 62: hereditates mihi negasti venire, id. Phil. 2, 16, 40: communem hereditatem concedere, id. Fl. 36, 89: mentio hereditatumhereditatem adire, id. Phil. 2, 16, 42: adire hereditatem, id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: obire, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8: cernere, id. Att. 11, 2, 1; id. Agr. 2, 15, 40; cf. cerno: capere ab aliquo, id. Caecin. 35, 102: usurpare, Tac. A. 2, 19 fin.: acquirere, repudiare, omittere, Dig. 24, 3, 58: tradere alicui, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121: transmittere alicui, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7: quem nisi in via caducae hereditates retardassent, i. e. that fall to heirs who have children, Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; v. caducus.
      Prov.: hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great advantage without trouble, without expense (because the maintaining of the sacred family rites was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8; id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.
    2. B. Trop.: a quo quidem rei familiaris ad paucos, cupiditatum ad multos improbos venit hereditas, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28: hereditas hujus gloriae, id. ib. 1, 22, 78; cf.: optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis omnique patrimonio praestantior gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum, id. ib. 1, 33, 121 fin.: paternae scientiae, Just. 36, 2.

hērēdĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [heres], to inherit (late Lat.): bona sua, Salv. adv. Av. 3, 10 med.: terram, Vulg. Psa. 24, 13 al.

hērēdĭum, ĭi, n. [heres], an hereditary estate: bina jugera quod a Romulo primum divisa viritim, quae heredem sequerentur, heredium appellarunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; cf.: heredium, praedium parvulum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; Nep. Cat. 1, 1: in XII. Tabulis legum nostrarum nusquam nominatur villa, semper in significatione ea hortus, in horti vero heredium, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50.

herem marteam antiqui accepta hereditate colebant, quae a nomine appellabatur heredum, et esse una ex Martis comitibus putabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. N. cr.; cf. heres init.

Hērennĭus, a,

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens, e. g. C. Herennius, to whom the Rhetorica of Cornificius is dedicated: M. Herennius, an orator, Cic. Brut. 45, 166; id. Mur. 17, 36: Herennius Gallus, Tac. H. 4, 13; 19; 26 sq.: Herennius Senecio, a historian under Domitian, id. Agr. 2; 45; a Samnite Herennius, Liv. 9, 1; Flor. 1, 16, 10.
  2. II. Deriv.: Hērennĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Herennius, Herennian: coheredes, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2.

hēres (ēres, Inscr. Orell. 188 al.), ēdis (archaic acc. sing. herem, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; Inscr. Orell. 4379; cf. the art. ‡ herem), comm. [Sanscr. har-āmi, seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. χείρ, χέρης; cf. erus], an heir, heiress.

  1. I. Lit.: testamento facto mulier moritur: facit heredem ex deunce et semuncia Caecinam, ex duabus sextulis M. Fulcinium, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17; cf.: me nemo nisi amicus fecit heredem, etc. … aliquem palam heredem factitare, id. Phil. 2, 16, 41: mulier testamento fecit heredem filiam, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; id. Mil. 18, 48; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; Ov. H. 9, 110; Dig. 37, 7, 2; 37, 7, 9; Ven. Fort. Carm. 8, 6, 44: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti ex duobus filiis major, et ex duabus ea, quae aetate antecedebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3: scripserunt heredes secum M. Crassum et Q. Hortensium, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73: aliquem heredem testamento relinquere, id. Quint. 4, 14: relictus ab eo in amplis opibus heres, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122: aliquem heredem instituere, Cic. Clu. 7, 22; Quint. 8, 5, 17; cf.: per leges institui uxor non poterat heres, id. 9, 2, 74: instituto herede abdicato, id. 3, 6, 97: substitutus heres erat, id. 7, 6, 10: virgo Vestalis neque heres est cuiquam, etc., Labeo ap. Gell. 1, 12, 18: substituere heredem, Dig. 28, 6, 1: heres ex parte dimidia et tertia est Capito: in sextante sunt ii, quorum, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2: ex asse heres, sole heir, Quint. 7, 1, 20; so, heres ex parte sexta, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 6: ex dodrante, Suet. Caes. 83: (L. Mescinius) heres est M. Mindio fratri suo, Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; so, cur virgini Vestali sit heres, non sit matri suae? id. Rep. 3, 10; cf.: quem suis bonis heredem esse cupiebat, id. Caecin. 4, 12; and: atque meis bonis omnibus ego te herem faciam, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; for which: quem quis heredem suum esse voluit, Quint. 5, 10, 74: repentinus heres, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: liberti heredem sequantur, Quint. 7, 7, 9; so the formula frequently occurring on inscriptions: HIC LOCVS, HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM NON SEQVITVR, USU. abbreviated H. L. or H. M. H. N. S., Inscr. Orell. 4379; 3926; 4455; 575; 2807; 4182; cf. opp.: HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM SEQVITVR, Inscr. Orell. 4397: heres secundus, the second heir, next heir, when the first dies: qui me secundum heredem instituerit. Cic. Fam. 13, 61, 1; cf.: possessio heredum secundorum, id. Inv. 2, 21, 62: secundus, Quint. 8, 4, 11; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416; also used of a female: Marcus ait: Heres ipsius secundus, de muliere loquens, Charis. p. 79 P.: heres necessarius, a slave made heir with a grant of freedom, and compelled to assume the liabilities of the estate, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 1 Sandars: ideo sic appellatus, quia, sive velit sive nolit, omnimodo post mortem testatoris protinus liber et heres est, Gai. Inst. 2, 153: heres suus et necessarius, a natural heir who was in the potestas of the deceased, id. ib. 2, § 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1; opp.: heres extraneus, Gai. Inst. 2, § 161.
    Poet.: tanti certaminis (i. e. armorum Achillis), Ov. M. 13, 129.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Owner, possessor, master (ante-class.): heres apud antiquos pro domino ponebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Just. Inst. 2, 19 fin.: apstuli hanc, quojus heres numquam erit post hunc diem, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 12; cf. v. 28.
      2. 2. A successor, after-growth (poet.): nec ullum caput est impune recisum, quin gemino cervix herede valentior esset, of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, Ov. M. 9, 74; cf.: alni caesae densius innumero herede prosunt, Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173.
  2. II. Trop. (very rare): illa vetus Academia atque ejus heres Aristus, Cic. Brut. 97, 332; cf. artis, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 24: laudis, Ov. H. 9, 110: fraudis, id. ib. 2, 78: criminis. id. A. A. 3, 459.

hĕri or hĕre (in here neque e plane neque i auditur, Quint. 1, 4, 7: here nunc e littera terminamus: at veterum comicorum adhuc libris invenio: Heri ad me venit, quod idem in epistulis Augusti, quas sua manu scripsit aut emendavit, deprehenditur, id. 1, 7, 22; cf. Charis. p. 180 P.; Prisc. p. 1011 ib.; v. esp. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 685), adv. [for hesi; cf. hes in hesternus; v. the letter R; kindred with Sanscr. hyas; Goth. gis-tra; Germ. gestern; Engl. yesterday; Gr. χθές, orig. χες], yesterday.

  1. I. Lit.
          1. (α) Form heri (perh. only so in Cic.): Septembris heri Calendae, hodie ater dies, Afran. ap. Non. 73, 33; cf.: hoc heri effecit: hodie autem, etc., Cic. Att. 10, 13, 1 (al. here): ubi est hodie, quae Lyra fulsit heri? Ov. F. 2, 76: heri jam edixeram omnibus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 15: quemne ego heri vidi ad vos afferri vesperi? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29: heri vesperi apud me Hirtius fuit, Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 1: heri vesperi, id. Att. 13, 47, 2; 15, 11, 4: ut heri dicebam, id. Rep. 3, 31 fin.; cf.: cum heri ipsi dixeris, te, etc., id. ib. 3, 21: heri, Ter. And. 1, 1, 58; id. Eun. 1, 2, 3; 89; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 8; id. Hec. 1, 2, 115; id. Phorm. 1, 1, 2; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 180 et saep.
          2. (β) Form here (a few times in Plaut., once in Cic., and after the Aug. per. most freq.): hoc here effecit, Cic. Att. 10, 13, 1: res hodie minor est, here quam fuit, ac eadem cras, etc., Juv. 3, 23: here venisti mediā nocte, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 16; id. Truc. 2, 6, 28; id. Mil. 1, 1, 59: mihi quaerenti convivam dictus here illic De medio potare die, Hor. S. 2, 8, 2: hic here Phrixeae vellera pressit ovis, Ov. F. 3, 852: dura, anime, dura, here fortior fuisti, Gallio ap. Quint. 9, 2, 91; Mart. 1, 44, 2; 3, 12, 2; 4, 7, 5.
  2. II. Transf., of time just past, a short time ago, lately (very rare): Papias leges heri Severus exclusit, Tert. Apol. 4; Dig. 47, 10, 7, § 2: sordebant tibi villicae, Concubine, hodie atque heri, Nunc, etc., but a short time ago, the other day (an imitation of the Gr. χθὲς καὶ πρώην), Cat. 61, 133; Prop. 3, 15, 1.

Hērĭē, ēs, f., a female companion of Juno: Herie Junonis, in formula (of prayer), ap. Gell. 13, 22, 1.

* hĕrĭfŭga, v. erifuga.

hĕrīlis, v. erilis.

Hērillus, i, m., v. Erillus.

Hērĭlus, i, m., a king of Prœneste, son of the goddess Feronia, Verg. A. 8, 563.

herĭnāceus, v. erinaceus.

hērĭtūdo, v eritudo.

Hermācreon, ontis, m., a Greek proper name, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47.

Hermaeum, i, v. Hermes, II.

Hermăgŏras and Hermăgŏra (the latter is the Ciceron. form acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 61), ae, m., = Ἑρμαγόρας.

  1. I. A celebrated Greek rhetorician of Rhodes, Cic. Brut. 78, 271; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; 1, 9, 12; 1, 11, 16; Quint. 3, 1, 16; 3, 5, 14 et saep.
    Hermăgŏrēi, ōrum, m., his disciples, Quint. 3, 1, 16; 3, 5, 4; 7, 4, 4.
  2. II. Another rhetorician of Temnos in Æolis, in the time of Augustus, Quint. 3, 1, 19; Tac. Or. 19.

Hermandĭca, ae, f., a city of Hispania, perh. the modern Salamanca, Liv. 21, 5, 7.

hermăphrŏdītus, i, m., = ἑρμαφρόδιτος,

  1. I. a hermaphrodite, acc. to the myth, so called after the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, when bathing, grew together with Salmacis into one person: gignuntur et utriusque sexus, quos hermaphroditos vocamus, olim androgynos vocatos et in prodigiis habitos, nunc vero in deliciis, Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 34; cf. Ov. M. 4, 285 sq.; 383; Hyg. Fab. 271; Mart. 10, 4, 6.
  2. II. Transf., adj.: hermaphroditae equae. Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.

Hermarchus, i, m.

  1. I. Of Mitylene, a disciple of Epicurus, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 96; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97.
  2. II. Of Chios, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 16, 34.

Hermăthēna, ae, f., = Ἑρμῆσ-Ἀθηνᾶ, a double bust of Mercury and Minerva, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 1, 4, 3.

hermēneuma, ătis, n., = ἑρμήνευμα, explanation, exposition, interpretation, Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 9, 3, 4 (id. Contr. 26, written as Greek).

Hermēracles, is, m., = Ἑρμῆσ-Ἡρακλῆς, a double bust of Mercury and Hercules, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.

Hermĕros, ōtis, m., = Ἑρμῆσ-Ἔρως, a double bust of Mercury and Amor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 33.

1. Hermes or Herma, ae, m., = Ἑρμῆς (Hermes, Mercury; hence transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under Ἑρμῆς),

  1. I. a Hermes pillar, Hermes, a head carved on the top of a square pedestal or post; such pillars of Hermes stood, esp. in Athens, in several public places and before private houses, Macr. S. 1, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 8. 138; Nep. Alcib. 3; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; Juv. 8, 53.
  2. II. Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a temple of Hercules, Hermœum.
    1. A. The name of a summer-house: in diaetam, cui nomen est Hermaeum, recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.
    2. B. A frontier town of Bœotia, over against Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9.

2. Hermes Trĭmaxĭmus (= τρις μέγιστος, a surname of the Egyptian Hermes), a philosophical writer of the second century after Christ, Amm. 21, 14, 5.

hermēsĭas, ădis, f., a kind of medical composition for children, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 166.

Hermĭnĭus, a.

  1. I. Name of an ancient Roman family of Etruscan origin, Liv. 2, 10; 3, 65; Sil. 5, 580.
  2. II. A Trojan, Verg. A. 11, 642.
  3. III. Herminius mons, a mountain range of Lusitania, Hirt. B. Alex. 48; Suet. Caes. 54.

Hermĭŏnē, ēs, and Hermĭŏna, ae, f., = Ἑρμιόνη.

  1. I. Daughter of Menelāus and Helen, Ov. P. 2, 11, 15; Hyg. Fab. 122; Prop. 1, 4, 6; Verg. A. 3, 328 al.
  2. II. A maritime city of Argolis, now Kastri, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Liv. 31, 41, 5; Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 18.
    1. B. Derivv.
      1. 1. Hermĭŏnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hermione: statio, Verg. Cir. 471.
      2. 2. Hermĭŏnĭus, a, um, adj., the same: ager, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 56.
      3. 3. Hermĭŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: ager, Liv. 31, 44, 1.

Hermĭōnes, um, m., a name applied to the people of Central Germany, from whom are descended the Suevi, Hermunduri, Chatti, and Cherusci, Mel. 3, 3 fin.; Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100; Tac. G. 2, 7.

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