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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.

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.

hĕlīŏsĕlīnum, i, v. heleoselinon.

hēlĭŏtrŏpĭum, ii, n., = ἡλιοτρόπιον.

  1. I. The plant turnsole, heliotrope, Varr. R. R. 1, 46; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 109; 22, 21, 29, § 57.
  2. II. A precious stone with green and brown streaks, striped jasper, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 165.
    Called also: hēlĭŏtrŏpĭos (gemma), Mart. Cap. 1, § 75: heliotropius lapis, Prisc. Perieg. 254.

hĕlix, ĭcis, f., = ἕλιξ (wound, twisted).

  1. I. A kind of ivy, Cic. Univ. 9, 27; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 145 sqq.
  2. II. A kind of willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.
  3. III. In archit., a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns, Vitr. 4, 1, 12.

Hellădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἑλλαδικός, of or from Greece, Grecian, Greek: genus picturae, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 75.

Hellānīcus, i, m., a Greek historian of Lesbos, an older contemporary of Herodotus, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 53; Gell. 15, 23.

Hellas, ădis, f., = Ἑλλάς.

  1. I. Hellas, the main-land of Greece, Mel. 2, 3, 3 sq.; Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23.
  2. II. A female proper name, Hor. S. 2, 3, 277.

Hellē, ēs (gen. Hellis, Sid. Carm. 9, 41), f., = Ἕλλη, daughter of Athamas and Nephele, sister of Phrixus; she fled with the latter from her step-mother Ino on a ram with a golden fleece to Colchis, but was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespontus (the sea of Helle), Ov. M. 11, 195; id. F. 3, 857 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 5 (3, 21, 5 M.); 3 (4), 22, 5; Col. poët. 10, 155; Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3: Mater Helles, Ov. H. 19, 123.

hellĕbŏrīnē, v. elleborine.

hellĕbŏrus, etc., v. elleborus, etc.

Hellēn, ēnis, m., = Ἕλλην, a son of Deucalion, and king of Thessaly, from whom the Greeks were called Hellenes, Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28.

Hellespontus, i, m., = Ἑλλήσποντος,

  1. I. the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.
    Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf. pure Lat.: mare in Helles, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.
    1. B. Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic: ora, Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.
      As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont: si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.
      Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.
    2. B. Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic: aquae, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont), Verg. G. 4, 111.
    3. C. Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fretum, Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5.
    4. D. Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.

hellŭātĭo (hēl-), ōnis, f. [helluor], a gormandizing, gluttony, Pseudo-Cic. Or. Post Red. ap. Sen. 6, 13; Treb. Poll. Gall. 4.

hellŭo (hēluo), ōnis, m., a gormandizer, glutton, squanderer: fraus, helluo, Ganeo! Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10: ille gurges atque helluo, natus abdomini suo, Cic. Pis. 17, 41: impurus, id. Agr. 1, 1, 2: me ipsum ut contempsit helluo patriae! id. Sest. 11, 26.

hellŭor (hēluor), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [helluo], to gormandize, devour (Ciceron.; cf.: decoquo, abligurio): cum Graecis jam in exostra helluabatur, Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; id. Sest. 52, 111: quasi helluari libris, si hoc verbo in tam clara re utendum est, id. Fin. 3, 2, 7: ille gurges helluatus tecum simul rei publicae sanguine, id. Dom. 47, 124.
Note: Helluatus as pass., Verg. Cat. 5, 11.

Hellusii, ōrum, m., a German tribe, mentioned only by Tac. G. 46.

hĕlops (also ĕlops and ellops), ŏpis, m., = ἔλλοψ, a very savory sea-fish, perh. the sword-fish; acc. to others, the sturgeon, Enn. Hed. 6 (p. 166 Vahl.); Ov. Hal. 96; Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Col. 8, 16, 9; Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 61; 32, 11, 54, § 153; Quint. 5, 10, 21; Gell. 7, 16, 5.

Hĕlōrus (or Elōrus), i, m., = Ἔλωρος or Hĕlōrum, i, n., = Ἔλωρον, a river on the eastern coast of Sicily, now Atellaro, al. Abisso, Verg. A. 3, 698; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90: clamosus, Sil. 14, 269: flumen Elorum, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.
At its mouth was situated the city Hĕlōrus (El-), i, f., Liv. 24, 35 init.; Plin. 32, 2, 7, § 16; the vale of which was called Hĕlōrĭa Tempē, Ov. F. 4, 477; and the inhabitants, Hĕlōrīni (El-), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103.

Hĕlōtes, v. Hilotae.

hēluātio, hēluo, etc., v. helluatio, etc.

helus, v. holus init.

helvacea genus ornamenti Lydii, dictum a colore boum, qui est inter rufum et album appellaturque helvus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll. N. cr.

Helvecōnes, um, m., a northern Germanic tribe, between the Rugii and Burgundiones, on the west of the Vistula, Tac. G. 43.

helvella (helvēla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 103 Müll.), ae, f. dim. [‡ helus, i. q. olus], a small potherb: fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.: helvela olera minuta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 103: helvola λαχανάρια, Gloss. Philox.

helvĕnācus, a, um, adj. [helvus], pale yellow, yellowish: vitis, a particular kind of wine, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32: genus palmitum, Col. 5, 5, 16: vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 47.
Also: helvĕnācĭus, a, um, adj.: vites, Col. 3, 2, 55.

helvĕŏlus, a, um, adj. [helvus], pale yellow, yellowish: vinum, a particular kind of wine (cf. helvenacus and helvolus), Cato, R. R. 6, 4; 24, 2 (quoted, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46, in the form helvinum vinum). Also in the form helvolus, a, um: uvae, Col. 3, 2, 23; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 29.

Helvētĭi, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. the Helvetians, a people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in modern Switzerland, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 4 sq.; Tac. G. 28; id. H. 1, 67; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; id. Balb. 14, 32 et saep.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Helvētĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Helvetians, Helvetian: ager, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: civitas, id. ib. 1, 12.
    2. B. Helvētĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 9, 6.

Helvĭdius, a, the name of a Roman gens, Cic. Clu. 70, 198; Juv. 5, 36 al.

Helvĭi (Helvi), ōrum, m.,

  1. I. a people of Gallia Narbonensis, whose capital, called Alba Helvorum and Alba Helvia, was celebrated for its wine, now Alps, in Viviers, Départ. Ardèche, Caes. B. G. 7, 7; 75; id. B. C. 1, 35; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36; 14, 3, 4, § 43.
  2. II. Deriv.: Helvĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Helvii, Helvian: vinum, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18.

Helvīna (Elv-), ae, f., a surname of Ceres, Juv. 3, 320 [perh. from the Gallic people Helvii].

helvĭnus, a, um, v. helveolus.

Helvĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; Suet. Caes. 52; 85 al.

helvŏlus, a, um, v. helveolus.

helvus, a, um, adj. [perh. a weakened form of gilvus, yellow], light bay: color vaccarum, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9; cf.: color boum, qui est inter rufum et album, appellatur helvus, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ‡ helvacea, p. 99 Müll.

helxīnē, ēs, f., = ἑλξίνη.

  1. I. A prickly plant, otherwise unknown, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.
  2. II. A plant, otherwise called perdicium: Parietaria officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 22, 17, 19, § 41.

hŏlus (better than ŏlus; archaic he-lus; cf.: helus et helusa antiqui dicebant, quod nunc holus et holera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. A form, holu, anciently helu, can be inferred from helvola, helvella, and olvatum; v. Müll. Paul. ex Fest. p. 203, b), ĕris (gen. plur. holerorum for holerum, Lucil. ap. Non. 490, 25; dat. plur. holeris for holeribus, Cato, R. R.), n. [Sanscr. haris, green; Gr. χλόη; cf.: helvus. helvola, Helvius; O. H. Germ. grucni; Germ. grün; Engl. green, etc.].

  1. I. Kitchen or garden herbs of any kind; vegetables, esp. cabbage, colewort, turnips, greens, Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.; Col. 2, 10, 22; Verg. G. 4, 130: pomum, holus, ficum, uvam, Afran. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: donec Discoqueretur holus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 74: prandere, id. Ep. 1, 17, 13: silvestre, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80: marinum, sea-cale, id. 29, 4, 25, § 80: semper holus metimus, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74: Syria in hortis operosissima, venitque in proverbium Graecis, multa Syrorum holera, Plin. 20, 5, 16, § 33.
    Prov. for a coarse or humble meal, plain diet: melius est vocari ad olera cum caritate quam ad vitulum saginatum cum odio, Vulg. Prov. 16, 17: qui infirmus est olus manducet, ib. Rom. 14, 2.
  2. II. Holus atrum, also joined into one word, holusatrum (in gen. holeris atri and holusatri), n., a plant, called also Smyrnium holusatrum, Linn.; Col. 11, 3, 18; id. 12, 7, 1; Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 162; id. 19, 12, 62, § 187; called also: holus pullum, Col. 10, 123.