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† 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.

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.