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* brĭa, ae, f., a wine-vessel, εἶδος ἀγγείου, Gloss. Philox.; Arn. 7, p. 235; cf. Hildebr. ad App. Mag. 59 (acc. to Charis. p. 63, hebrĭa: hebria est vas vinarium, unde ebrius et ebria dicitur).

ĕbĕnĕus (hĕb-), a, um, adj. [hebenus, q. v.], of ebony, ebon (ante-class.), Mart. Capt. 1, § 80.

ēiă (in MSS. also hēiă), interj. [εἴα].

  1. I. An expression of joy or of pleased surprise.
    1. A. In admiring an object, ah! ah ha! indeed! Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 8; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19; 3, 2, 10.
    2. B. In gentle remonstrance or persuasion, ah! come! heia, mea Juno, non decet te, etc., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; id. Truc. 4, 2, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 3, 16; 3, 3, 4; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 35: heia quam ferocula est! Turp. ap. Non. p. 75, 30 (Rib. Fragm. Com. p. 98).
    3. C. In strong affirmation, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 40; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 43; and so ironically: eia credo, id. Capt. 5, 2, 9.
    4. D. With vero, ironically, expressing amused doubt of what has been said, pshaw! Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 77; id. Mil. 4, 4, 5; id. Rud. 2, 3, 9; Cic. Rep. 3, 5.
  2. II. Of impatient exhortation, ho! quick! come on! Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 71; Plin. Ep. 4, 29; Verg. A. 9, 38; Hor. S. 1, 1, 18; 2, 6, 23; in the combination: eia age, come then! up then! Verg. A. 4, 569; Stat. Ach. 2, 198; id. Silv. 1, 2, 266.

ējŭlo, āre (also dep. hejulor, āri, Prisc. 797), v. n. and a. [from the exclamation hei, heu; cf. Doëd. Syn. 3, p. 156].

  1. I. Neutr., to wail, lament, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 39; 4, 9, 17; 4, 10, 66; id. Merc. 4, 1, 16; * Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Gell. 12, 5, 9; Vulg. Job, 35, 9 al.
  2. II. Act., to bewail, lament over a person or thing (post-class.): fortunas meas, App. M. 3, p. 129: sese altius, id. ib. 4, p. 153, 24.

2. Ēlīās (Helias), ae, and Elia, ae, m., Elijah, a prophet of the Jews: form Elias, Lact. 4, 11, 6; form Elia, Prud. Cath. 7, 27.

† ellĕbŏrīne (hell-), es, f., = ἑλλεβορίνη, a kind of hellebore, Plin. 13, 20, 35, § 114; id. 27, 9, 52, § 76.

† ellebŏrītes (hell-), ae, m., = ἑλλεβορίτης, hellebore wine, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.

ellĕbŏro (hell-) (no perf. nor sup.), are, v. a. [elleborus], to purify with hellebore, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 77.

ellĕbŏrōsus (hell-), a, um, adj. [elleborus], in need of hellebore (i. e.), out of his senses: Gr. Quaeso, sanun es? Tr. Sum elleborosus. Gr. Ut ego cerritus, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 67.

† ellĕbŏrus (hell-), i, m., and ellĕ-bŏrum (hell-), i, n., hellebore, in pure Lat. veratrum, a plant much used by the ancients as a remedy for mental diseases, epilepsy, etc.; the best grew on the island of Anticyra, in the Aegean Sea, Pl. 25, 5, 21; id. 25, 13, 94; Gell. 17, 15; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 89; Verg. G. 3, 451; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 137; Cels. 2, 13; Sen. Ep. 83, 25.

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 cubile … quae 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.

3. Ēsus (Hēsus), i, m., a Gallic deity, to whom human blood was offered, Inscr. Orell. 1993; Luc. 1, 445; Lact. 1, 21, 3.

Ē̆trūrĭa (Het-), ae, f.,

  1. I. a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.
    Deriv.,
  2. II. Ē̆truscus, a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan: litus, Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40: mare, id. C. 3, 29, 35: juga, Verg. A. 8, 480: duces, id. ib. 11, 598: manus Porsenae, Hor. Epod. 16, 4: disciplina, the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf. haruspices, Gell. 4, 5, 5: litterae, Liv. 9, 36: coronae, made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.
    Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13: aurum, a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.
    Subst.: Etrusci, ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.

Ēva (Hēva, Vulg. Gen. 4, 1; id. 2 Cor. 11, 3 al.), ae, f., Eve, the first woman, Tert. Virg. vel. 5; Prud. Hamort. 741.

† 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.

† Hĕautontīmōrūmĕnos, i, m., = Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος, The Self-tormentor, the title of a comedy of Terence, Ter. Heaut. prol. 5 (= Ipse se puniens, Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65).

hebdŏmăda, ae, f. [hebdomas], the number seven: annorum, librorum, Gell. 3, 10, 17.
Esp., = hebdomas, seven days, Gell. 3, 10, 14; Isid. de Nat. R. 3; Vulg. Gen. 29, 27 sq.; id. Exod. 34, 22 al.

hebdŏmădālis, e, adj. [hebdomas], of or belonging to a week, weekly: festa, Sid. Ep. 9, 3 med.

hebdŏmas, ădis, f., = ἑβδομάς, the number seven, seven days: libri, qui inscribuntur Hebdomades, Gell. 3, 10, 1: septima fere hebdomade, id est, nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ib. § 7: hebdomadibus lunae, on every seventh day of the moon, Gell. 15, 2, 3.
Of the critical seventh day in diseases: symphoniam Lysonis vellem vitasses, ne in quartam hebdomada incideres, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3 (cf. collat. form hebdomada, s. v.).

† hebdŏmătĭcus (-mădĭcus), a, um, adj., = ἑβδοματικός, relating to the number seven: septeni et noveni anni, qui hebdomatici a Graecis atque enneatici appellantur, i. e. critical, decisive of one’s fate, Firm. Math. 4, 14 med.

Hēbē, ēs, f. = Ἧβη (youth), the goddess of youth (pure Lat. Juventas), the daughter of Juno, cup-bearer to the gods, and, after the deification of Hercules, his wife, Ov. M. 9, 400; Prop. 1, 13, 23; Cat. 68, 116; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 28; 5, 134 al.

hĕbĕnĭnus, or ĕbĕnĭnus, a, um, adj., ἐβένινος, of ebony: tigna, Hier. Ezech. 27, 16: dentes, id. ib.

hĕbĕnus (less correctly ĕbĕnus, Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 421), i. f., Gr. [?E/(BENOS, E/)BENOS ?], the ebon-tree, ebony: Diospyros ebenum, Linn.; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204; 6, 30, 35, § 197; Verg. G. 2, 117; Ov. M. 11, 610; Pers. 5, 135; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 36.

hĕbĕo, ēre, v. n., to be blunt or dull (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: ferrum nunc hebet? Liv. 23, 45, 9.
  2. II. Trop., to be dull, sluggish, inactive, not lively: gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet, Verg. A. 5, 396: corpus hebet somno, Val. Fl. 4, 41: stella hebet, id. 5, 371: et jam Plias hebet, Luc. 2, 722: ipsi hebent mira diversitate naturae, cum iidem homines sic ament inertiam et oderint quietem, lounge about, Tac. G. 15: quid stolidi ad speciem notae novitatis hebetis? are amazed, Aus. Epigr. 69: temporis adversi sic mihi sensus hebet, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 48: olim annis ille ardor hebet, Val. Fl. 1, 53: hebent irae, Stat. Th. 11, 386.

hĕbes, ĕtis (acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti; but hebete, Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

  1. I. Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1: tela leviora atque hebetiora, id. Har. Resp. 1, 2: quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora, Cels. 8, 1, 66: ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis, Ov. A. A. 3, 589: machaera, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.: hebeti mucrone, Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85: oryx hebeti ferro caeditur, Juv. 11, 140: secures, id. 8, 137: angulus, obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.
    As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.
    1. B. Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint: utroque oculo natura hebete, Plin. 9, 15, 20: color, Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.: (orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte, Stat. Ach. 2, 289: carbunculi hebetiores, Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98: postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos, Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18: uva gustu hebes, tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67: os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae, without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7: caro, without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1: ossa gingivarum, id. 6, 15, 17: qui torpet hebes locus ille, Ov. A. A. 3, 799.
  2. II. Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.: bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31: puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes, Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76: tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est, id. 9, 30, 48: Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.: omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti, id. de Or. 2, 17, 71: memoria, id. ib. 2, 87, 357: me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt, id. Att. 9, 17, 2: nisi qui sit plane hebes, Quint. 7, 1, 48: nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc., id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.: quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc., Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined, = rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135: adulescentia bruta et hebes, Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3: spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior, Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: dolor, id. Att. 8, 3, 4: hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit, id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.: hebetiora hominum ingenia, id. N. D. 2, 6, 17: ratio, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio, Quint. 8, 3, 49: quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus, id. 1, 11, 4.
    Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [hebeo], to grow blunt, dull, dim, or faint (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: acumina (gladiorum) densis ictibus hebescebant, Amm. 16, 12, 54: hebescunt sensus, membra torpent, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168: hebescebant (oculi), Suet. Tib. 68: berylli hebescunt, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76: hebescere sidera, Tac. A. 1, 30: hebescere dextras, Sil. 8, 19.
  2. II. Trop.: sic mentis acies se ipsam intuens nonnumquam hebescit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; cf.: nos vicesimum jam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis, id. Cat. 1, 2, 4: nosmetipsos hebescere et languere nolumus, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6; cf.: illi per fastidium et contumaciam hebescunt, Tac. H. 2, 77: hebescere virtus, paupertas probro haberi coepit, Sall. C. 12, 1.

hĕbĕtātĭo, ōnis, f. [hebeto], dulness, dimness: oculorum, Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58: nascitur ex assiduitate laborum animorum hebetatio quaedam ac languor, Sen. Tranq. An. 15, 12.

* hĕbĕtātrix, īcis, f. adj. [hebeto], that makes dull or dim: umbra, i. e. darkening (shortly before: umbra terrae lunam hebetari), Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57.

hĕbĕtesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [hebes], to grow dull, dim, or faint (post-Aug. and very rare): aciem in cultris tonsorum, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 79: acies oculi hebetescit ac paene caligat, Cels. 6, 6, 37: dolor hebetescit, Scrib. Comp. 56.

hĕbĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [hebeto], to make blunt or dull, to blunt, dull, dim, deaden, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: hastas, Liv. 8, 10, 3: vulneribus suis ferrum hostium, id. 30, 35, 8: tela, Sil. 16, 105: aciem oculorum, Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 47: oculos, Lact. 6, 2: visus alicui, Verg. A. 2, 605: dies hebetarat sidera, had dimmed, Ov. M. 5, 444: umbra terrae lunam hebetari, Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57; cf.: smaragdos in sole hebetari, id. 37, 5, 18, § 69; 28, 7, 23, § 79: auster aures hebetat, Cels. 2, 1: primores dentes mollientes aut hebetantes verba, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: cummium genera amaritudines hebetant, moderate, lessen, id. 24, 11, 64, § 105; cf.: venena omnia (oleum), id. 23, 4, 40, § 80: odor suavior e longinquo, propius admotus hebetatur, id. 21, 7, 18, § 35: faba hebetare sensus existimata, id. 18, 12, 30, § 118: vos mihi taurorum flammas hebetastis, quenched the fiery breath, Ov. M. 7, 210.
  2. II. Trop., to dull, blunt, make stupid: animo simul et corpore hebetato, Suet. Claud. 2: Lethe hebetans pectora, Ov. P. 4, 1, 17: hebetatum ingenium, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 9: rei publicae vires hebetatae sunt, Just. 6, 8: vino tristitia et cura hebetatur, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.

hĕbĕtūdo, ĭnis, f. [hebeto], bluntness, dulness (post-class.; cf. hebetatio): sensuum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14: superba istorum, Aug. Civ. D. 7, 21.

Hĕbraei, ōrum, m., = Ἑβραῖοι,

  1. I. the Hebrews: Hebraei, qui nunc Judaei: igitur et litterae Hebraeae, Tert. Apol. 18; cf.: postea vero cum in deserto consedissent, amiserunt vetus nomen Hebraei, et Judaei sunt appellati, Lact. 4, 10; 2, 13, 8.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hĕbræus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hebrews, Hebrew: terrae, Tac. H. 5, 2: liquores, i. e. balsam, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213 (cf. Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 111): lingua, litterae, Aug. Civ. D. 18, 39; 42: codices, id. ib. 43.
    2. B. Hē̆brā̆ĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: plebes, Alcim. Avit. 5, 544: scripturae, Lact. 4, 7 fin.
      Adv.:       Hē̆-brā̆ĭcē, in the Hebrew language, in Hebrew: Hebraice Messias dicitur, Lact. 4, 7, 7.

‡ hebria, ae, f., a wine-vessel, Charis. p. 63 P.

Hĕbrus, i, m., = Ἕβρος.

  1. I. The principal river in Thrace, which rises in Mount Hœmus, and flows into the Ægean Sea, now the Maritza, Mel. 2, 2, 2; 8; Verg. E. 10, 65; id. G. 4, 463; and esp. ib. v. 523 sqq.; id. A. 1, 317; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3; id. C. 3, 25, 10; Ov. F. 3, 737; id. M. 2, 257; 11, 50 et saep.: sacer, on account of the festivals of Bacchus celebrated on its banks, id. H. 2, 114.
  2. II. A Trojan, slain by Mezentius, Verg. A. 10, 696.
  3. III. The name of a beautiful youth, Hor. C. 3, 12, 6.

Hĕcăergē, ēs, f., = Ἑκαέργη.

  1. I. The name of Diana, Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 532.
  2. II. One of the daughters of Boreas, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 253 and 308.

Hĕcălē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάλη, a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus, celebrated by Callimachus, Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 88; App. M. 1, p. 112; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 50; Ov. R. Am. 747; cf. Petr. 135, 8, 16.

Hĕcătaeus, i. m., = Ἑκαταῖος, a famous historian and geographer of Miletus, son of Hegesander, Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 55; Solin. 19, 2; 40, 6: Milesius, Avien. Or. Mar. 42.

Hĕcătē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάτη,

  1. I. daughter of Perses, or Persœus, and Asteria, sister of Latona, the presider over enchantments, conjurations, etc.; she is often identified with Diana, Luna, and Proserpina, and is therefore represented with three heads, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Verg. A. 4, 511 Serv.; Ov. M. 7, 74; 94; 194; 14, 405; id. F. 1, 141; Hor. S. 1, 8, 33; Sen. Phaedr. 420 et saep.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hĕcătēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hecate, Hecateian: carmina, i. e. magical incantations, Ov. M. 14, 44: Aulis, devoted to Diana, Stat. Ach. 1, 447: Idus, i. e. of August, sacred to Diana, id. Silv. 3, 1, 60.
    2. B. Hĕcătēïs, ĭdos, f. adj., Hecateian: herba, i. e. enchanter’s nightshade, Ov. M. 6, 139.

Hĕcăto, ōnis, m., = Ἑκάτων, a philosopher of Rhodes, pupil of Panœtius, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 63; 3, 23, 89.

† hĕcătombē, ēs, f., = ἑκατόμβη, a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, a hecatomb (ante- and post-class.): facere hecatomben, Varr. ap. Non. 131, 19; Juv. 12, 101 al.
In plur.: celebratis hecatombis, Treb. Gall. 9.
Dim. hĕcătombĭon, ii, n., Sid. Carm. 9, 205.

hĕcătompŏlis, acc. in, f., = ἑκατόμπολις, having a hundred cities: Creta, Isid. 14, 6, 15.

† hĕcătompylos, on (-os, com.; -on, neut.), adj., = ἑκατόμπυλος, of a hundred gates: hecatompylos Thebas nemo non novit, Amm. 22, 16, 2; cf. Hyg. Fab. 275.

† hĕcătontas, ădis, f., = ἑκατοντάς, the number one hundred, Mart. Cap. 7, § 734, 746.

Hector, ŏris (Hectōris, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 = Trag. v. 25 Vahl.; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll. = Trag. v. 130 Vahl.; acc. Hectorem, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 = Trag. v. 129 Vahl.; cf. Varr. L. L. l. l.), m., = Ἕκτωρ,

  1. I. son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, the bravest of the Trojans, slain and dragged three times around Troy by Achilles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Verg. A. 1, 483; 2, 270; 282; 522; 6, 166; Hor. C. 2, 4, 10; 4, 9, 22; id. Epod. 17, 12; id. S. 1, 7, 12.
  2. II. Deriv. Hectŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hector; in poet. transf., of the Trojans, and, as descended from the latter, of the Romans; Hectorean; Trojan; Roman: conjux, i. e. Andromache, Verg. A. 3, 488: hasta, Hector’s, Ov. M. 12, 67; so, corpus, Verg. A. 2, 543; and, tumulus, id. ib. 3, 304: Mars, i. e. Hector in battle, Ov. M. 13, 275: gens, i. e. Trojan, Verg. A. 1, 273: amnes, Xanthum et Simoënta, id. ib. 5, 634: socii, id. ib. 5, 190: flammae, Ov. M. 13, 7: opes, Hor. C. 3, 3, 28: spes et fiducia gentis Regulus Hectoreae, i. e. of the Romans, Sil. 2, 343.

Hĕcŭba, ae, and Hĕcŭbē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάβη, the daughter of Dymas, wife of Priam; after the destruction of Troy the slave of Penelope, changed through rage into a dog, Verg. A. 2, 501; 515; Ov. M. 13, 423; 549 sq.; 577; Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; id. Fat. 15, 34.
Transf., an ugly old woman (opp. to Andromache), Mart. 3, 76, 4.

† Hĕcyra, ae, f., = Ἑκυρά, The Stepmother, the title of a comedy of Terence.

hĕdĕra (ĕdĕra), ae, f., ivy, Hedera helix, Linn.; sacred to Bacchus, and hence wound around the thyrsus; also made into garlands with which poets were crowned, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 144; Ov. F. 3, 767; id. M. 5, 338; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 7, 25; Verg. ib. 7, 38; 8, 13; id. G. 2, 258; Hor. C. 1, 1, 29; 1, 25, 17; id. Ep. 1, 3, 25; Juv. 7, 29 al.
In plur., Verg. E. 4, 19; id. G. 4, 124 al.

hĕdĕrācĕus (ĕd-) or -ĭus, a, um, adj. [hedera], of ivy, ivy-.

  1. I. Lit.: materia, Cato, R. R. 111: folia, Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 92.
  2. II. Transf., ivy-colored, ivygreen: calcei, Vop. Aurel. 49: patina argentea, Gallien. ap. Treb. Poll. Claud. 17, 5 Peter.

hĕdĕrātus (ĕd-), a, um, adj. [hedera], adorned or crowned with ivy: patina argentea, Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17 dub. (Peter, hederaceam): frons, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 18: pompae, Bacchic, Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 278: Liber, Tert. Cor. Mil. 7.

* hĕdĕrĭger (ĕd-), ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [hedera], ivy-bearing: Maenades, Cat. 63, 23.

* hĕdĕrōsus (ĕd-), a, um, adj. [hedera], full of ivy: antrum, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 3.

† Hēdŏnē, ēs, f., = Ἡδονή (delight), one of the œons of Valentinian, Tert. adv. Val. 8.

Hēdui, ōrum, m., v. Aedui.

† Hēdŭphăgētĭca, ōrum, n., = Ἡδυφαγητικά (i. e. belonging to sweet eating), the title of a poem of Ennius; cf. Vahl. Ennius, p. xci. and 166 sq.

† hēdȳ̆chrum, i, n., = ἡδύχρουν, a sweet-smelling ointment used for beautifying the skin; a cosmetic balsam: psaltriam adducamus, hedychri incendamus scutellam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46.

Hēdymĕles, ae, m. [ἡδύ + μέλος], name of a musician, Juv. 6, 383.

† hēdyosmos, i, m., = ἡδύοσμος, the herb wild mint, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181.

† hēdypnŏis, ĭdis, f., = ἡδυπνοΐς, a species of succory, Plin. 20, 8, 31, § 75.

† hēdysma, ătis, n., = ἥδυσμα (perfume), a sweet-smelling ingredient in ointments, a perfume, balsam (opp. stymma), Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 7.

Hēgēsārētos, i, m., a Thessalian, Caes. B. C. 3, 35.

Hēgēsĭas, ae, m.

  1. I. A Cyrenaic philosopher, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 83 sq.; Val. Max. 8, 9, 3.
  2. II. A rhetorician and historian, Cic. Brut. 83, 286; id. Or. 67, 226 al.

Hēgēsīnus, i, m., an Academic philosopher, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16.

hĕhae, interj.; an exclamation, he! he! Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll. (Trag. v. 207 Vahl.).

hei (also ei), interj., an exclamation of grief or fear, ah! woe! freq. joined with mihi, ah me! woe is me! hei, perii miser! Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 36: hei, occidi! id. Aul. 2, 1, 28: hei, non placet convivium! id. Amph. 2, 2, 173: hei, vereor, ne quid Andria apportet mali, Ter. And. 1, 1, 46: hei, metuo lenonem ne, etc., id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6: hei, video uxorem, id. ib. 5, 3, 14 ei mihi, qualis erat! Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 274; imitated by Verg. A. 2, 274: hei mihi, perii hercle! Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 21: Am. Hei mihi! Br. Ne pave, id. Amph. 5, 1, 57: hei mihi, vereor dicere! Ter. And. 2, 1, 22: hei mihi, quantum Praesidium Ausonia et quantum tu perdis, Iule! Verg. A. 11, 57: hei mihi! conclamat, Ov. M. 6, 227: hei mihi! hei mihi! istaec illum perdidit assentatio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: hei misero mihi! id. Aul. 2, 2, 23; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 5. id. Ad. 2, 1, 19.

heia, interj., v. eia.

heic, adv., v. hic, III. 2 init.

Hēïus, i, m. (Ἧϊος), a Greek proper name, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, 47 al.

helcĭārĭus, ii, m. [helcium], one who draws small vessels up the stream, Mart. 4, 64, 22; Sid. poët. Ep. 2, 10.

† helcium, ii, n., = ἕλκιον, that with which a load is drawn, a yoke, horse-collar, App. M. 8, p. 222 and 227.

† helcysma, ătis, n., = ἕλκυσμα, the dross of molten silver, silver-dross, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 105.

Hĕlĕna, ae, or Hĕlĕnē, ēs, f., = Ἑλένη.

  1. I. Daughter of Jupiler and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux and of Clytemnestra, and wife of Menelaüs, who, on account of her beauty, was carried off by Paris to Troy, and thus became the cause of the Trojan war, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55; Verg. A. 7, 364; Ov. M. 13, 200; 14, 669; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 32; 3, 14 (4, 13), 19; Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 4, 9, 16; id. S. 1, 3, 107; Hyg. Fab. 81 and 118: Penelope venit, abit Helene, a Helen, Mart. 1, 62, 6.
    1. B. Transf., in naut. lang., a single star appearing to mariners, which was regarded as an unfavorable prognostic; while a double light, which was conceived to be favorable, was called Castor and Pollux, Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 792; id. S. 3, 2, 11.
  2. II. The surname of the mother of the emperor Constantine, Eutr. 10, 5; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41; Inscr. Grut. 284, 1.

† hĕlĕnĭum, ii, n., = ἑλένιον, a plant, perh. the elecampane, Plin. 21, 10, 33, § 59; 21, 21, 91, § 159.

Hĕlĕnius, ii, m., a Latin proper name, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 2.

Hĕlĕnus, i, m., = Ἕλενος, son of Priam and Hecuba, a celebrated soothsayer, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 89; Verg. A. 3, 295; 329 sq.; Ov. M. 13, 99; Just. 17, 3.

† hĕlēŏsĕlīnon or hĕlīŏsĕlīnum, i, n., = ἑλειοσέλινον, smallage, celery, Apium graveolens, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 37, § 124; 20, 11, 46, § 117; Pall. Apr. 3.

† hĕlĕpŏlis, is, f., = ἑλέπολις (citytaking), a besieging engine, invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes, Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4.

Hĕlernus, i, m., a grove by the Tiber, the birthplace of Carna, Ov. F. 6, 105.

Helia, v. Velia.

† Hēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Ἡλιακός, relating to Helios (the sun): Heliaca tradere, to offer sacrifices to Helios, Inscr. Orell. 2343.

Hēlĭădĕs, um, f., = Ἡλιάδες, daughters of Helios and sisters of Phaëthon, who were changed into poplars (acc. to others, into alders) and their tears into amber, Hyg. Fab. 154; Ov. M. 2, 340 (cf. Verg. A. 10, 190, with id. E. 6, 62): nemus Heliadum, i. e. poplar- or alder-grove, Ov. M. 10, 91: Heliadum lacrimae, i. e. amber, id. ib. 10, 263; called also: Heliadum gemma, Mart. 9, 14, 6; hence: capaces Heliadum crustae, i. e. of amber, Juv. 5, 38.

† hēlĭanthes, is, n., = ἡλιανθές, the sunflower, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 165.

Hĕlĭcāon, ŏnis, m., = Ἑλικάων, son of Antenor and founder of Patavium (Padua): Helicaonis orae, i. e. Patavian, Mart. 10, 93, 1.
Hence, Hĕlĭcāŏnĭus, a, um, adj.: regio, the same, id. 14, 152, 2.

† hĕlĭcē, ēs, f., = ἑλίκη (a winding).

  1. I. A kind of slender, flexible willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.
  2. II. As nom. propr.: Hĕlĭcē.
    1. A. The constellation of the Great Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; Ov. F. 3, 108; Val. Fl. 1, 17.
      Transf., the North, Grat. Cyneg. 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1539.
    2. B. A maritime town of Achaia, swallowed up by the sea, Ov. M. 15, 293; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 4.

† hĕlĭchrȳ̆sos, i, m., and -um, i, n., = ἑλίχρυσος, the herb marigold, Gnaphalium stoechas, Linn.; acc. to others, Tanacetum annuum, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 65 sq.; 21, 25, 96, § 168.

Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Ἑλικών,

  1. I. a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian: collis, i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1: Tempe, a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15: mella, Claud. Laud. Ser. 10: Naïs, id. Epigr. 5.
    2. B. Hĕlĭcōnĭădes, um, f., the Heliconians, a poet. designation of the Muses, Lucr. 3, 1037.
    3. C. Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian: silva, Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.
      In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4.

† hēlĭŏcallis, ĭdis, f., = ἡλιοκαλλίς, the sunflower, also called helianthes, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 165.

† hēlĭŏcămīnus, i, m., = ἡλιοκάμινος, an apartment exposed to the sun, used as a winter abode, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20; Dig. 8, 2, 18 pr.

Hēlĭŏdōrus, i, m.

  1. I. A celebrated surgeon, Juv. 6, 372.
  2. II. A celebrated rhetorician, Hor. S. 1, 5, 2.

Hēlĭŏgăbălus (Elagab-), i, m., a Roman emperor, Aur. Vict. Caes. 23; Spart. Car. 11 al.

Hēlĭŏpŏlis, is, f., = Ἡλιόπολις.

  1. I. A city of Lower Egypt, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Macr. S. 1, 23, 10.
    1. B. Derivv.
      1. 1. Hē-lĭŏpŏlītes, ae, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis, Heliopolite: nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: Zeus, an Assyrian designation of Sol, acc. to Macr. S. 1, 23; cf. in the foll.
        Subst.: Hēlĭŏpŏlītae, ārum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis, Heliopolites, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197.
      2. 2. Hēlĭŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis, Heliopolitan: civitas, Amm. 17, 4: JVPPITER, Inscr. Orell. 1234; 1246.
        Subst.: Hēlĭŏ-pŏlītāni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis, Heliopolitans, Inscr. ap. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 542.
  2. II. A city of Cœlesyria, at the foot of Libanus, now Baalbek, Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; Tac. A. 6, 28.

† hēlĭoscŏpĭon, ii, n., = ἡλιοσκόπιον, a species of heliotropium, Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57; called also: helioscopum, App. Herb. 108.

† hēlĭoscŏpĭos, ii, m., = ἡλιοσκόπιος, a kind of tithymalus or spurge, Plin. 26, 8, 42, § 69.

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