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  • 1 custodiae

    guards, wardens.

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  • 2 custodie

    guards, wardens.

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  • 3 castellum

        castellum ī, n dim.    [castrum], a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold: crebra, Cs.: castellis ab ingressione propulsari: multa capere, S.: montana castella, V.: castella communit, towers (on a wall), Cs.: castella facta, posts (for guards), Cs.— Poet.: Norica Castella in tumulis, i. e. mountain homes, V.—Fig., a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge: latrocinii: castellum omnium scelerum, L.
    * * *
    redoubt, fortress, stronghold, fortified settlement, refuge; garrison, citadel; structure in which water from aqueduct is collected for distribution, reservoir town, village; (medieval)

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  • 4 dēfēnsō

        dēfēnsō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [defendo], to defend diligently, protect: alios ab hostibus, S.: umeros, O.: sua, Ta.: dum defensamus (sc. armentum), O.: defensantes, the guards, Ta.
    * * *
    defensare, defensavi, defensatus V TRANS
    defend/guard/protect against; act in defense against; ward off; avert constantly

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  • 5 dēfēnsor

        dēfēnsor ōris, m    [defendo], an averter, protector against: necis: calamitatum.— A defender, protector, advocate: quem defensorem paro, T.: tribuni defensores mei: illius, H.: culpae, apologist, Iu.: iuris: causae: oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus, without a garrison, Cs.: muros defensoribus nudare, L. — Fig., of things, plur, the guards (sublicae) of a bridge, Cs.: nec defensoribus istis Tempus eget (sc. telis), V.
    * * *
    defender/protector; supporter/champion/apologist; defendant; defense advocate

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  • 6 pōnō

        pōnō posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere    [for * posino; old praep. port- (pro) + sino], to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit: tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco, pitch, Cs.: tabulas in publico, deposit: collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes, O.: ubi pedem poneret habere, might set his foot: posito genu, kneeling, O.: num genu posuit? Cu.: ova, O.: fetum, give birth to, Ph.—Of troops and guards, to place, post, set, station, fix: praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc., Cs.— To set up, erect, build: opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.: aras, V.: tropaeum, N.— To form, fashion, mould, depict: duo pocula fecit... Orphaeque in medio posuit, V.: nunc hominem nunc deum, H.—Of plants, to set, set out, plant: ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.—Of wagers or prizes, to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager: pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.— To put out at interest, loan, invest: pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore nummis, H.— To serve, serve up, set forth: posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iu.— To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down: veste positā: velamina de corpore, O.: librum: arma, i. e. surrender, Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, L.: positis armis, L.— To lay out, arrange for burial: toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.— To lay in the grave, bury, inter: te... patriā decedens ponere terrā, V.: quā positis iusta feruntur avis, O.— To arrange, deck, set in order: suas in statione comas, O.— To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt freta, H.—Of winds, to fall, abate: Cum venti posuere, V.—Of an anchor, to cast, fix: ancoris positis, L.—Fig., to set, place, put, lay, bring: pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, my name is added to the record.—To put, place, cause to rest: credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā tuā ponam, count upon: spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc., rests with you.—To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume: tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat.— To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard: mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu non ponere, regard with fear, Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, L.: haec in magno discrimine, attach great importance to, L.: in vitiis poni, be regarded as a fault, N.— To appoint, ordain, make: leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, to be applied: Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano, H.—Of vows or votive offerings, to make, render, pay, consecrate: Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.: hic funalia, H.: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.— To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege: ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc., agreed: id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.— To cite, set forth, refer to: eorum exempla.— To set forth, represent, describe: Tigellinum, Iu.— To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth: mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.— To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender: vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia, V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non abiciendus, i. e. to be closed without abruptness.
    * * *
    I
    ponere, posivi, - V
    put, place, set; station; (archaic form of perf. of pono)
    II
    ponere, posui, positus V
    put, place, set; station

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  • 7 praesidium

        praesidium ī, n    [praeses], defence, protection, guardianship, help, aid, assistance: proficisci praesidio suis, N.: amicitiam populi R. sibi praesidio esse oportere, Cs.: tectus praesidio firmo amicorum: Ut meae stultitiae in iustitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidi, T.: Veneris praesidio ferox, H.— A guard, escort, convoy, garrison: ad iudicium cum praesidio venit: omnium bonorum praesidio ornatus: servorum praesidio uti: regale, H.: occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium conlocat, garrison, Cs.: (turrīs) praesidiis firmare, with troops, S.: praesidium dedit, ut tuto perveniret, escort, N.: praesidium ex arce expellere, garrison, N.: praesidia interficere, troops, N.: praesidia custodiasque disponere, picket guards, Cs.: galeatum, Iu.: O et praesidium et dulce decus meum, H.: quantum Praesidium perdis, V.— An occupied place, post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp: in praesidio conlocatus, on guard: qui propter metum praesidium relinquit, leaves his post: praesidio discedere, L.: procul in praesidio esse, N.: praesidium occupare et munire, Cs.: milites in praesidiis disponere, Cs.: in praesidiis esse, with the army.—Aid, help, assistance: quod satis esset praesidi dedit, what was needful for his support and safety, N.: quaerere sibi praesidia periculis: me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum... Aura feret, H.: fortissimum pudoris: aliunde rerum exspectanda tuarum Praesidia, encouragement, Iu.
    * * *
    protection; help; guard; garrison, detachment

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  • 8 casaria

    one (god/spirit?) who guards over a cottage

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  • 9 protector

    protector, guardian, defender; member of corps of guards (Souter)

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  • 10 Adversus incendia excubias nocturnas vigilesque commentus est

    Against the dangers of fires, he (Augustus) conceived of the idea of night guards and watchmen

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  • 11 abitus

    ăbĭtus, ūs, m. [abeo], a going away, departure.
    I.
    Lit., in abstr. (class.):

    cum videam miserum hunc tam excruciarier ejus abitu,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 5; 4, 4, 24; Lucr. 1, 457 and 677; * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 al.—
    II.
    Transf., in concr., the place through which one goes, the outlet, place of egress (as aditus, [p. 8] of entrance):

    omnemque abitum custode coronant,

    they surround the outlet with guards, Verg. A. 9, 380; so in plur.:

    circumjecta vehicula sepserant abitus,

    barricaded the passages out, Tac. A. 14, 37.

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  • 12 custodia

    custōdĭa, ae, f. [id.], a watching, watch, guard, care, protection (freq. and [p. 505] class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    in tuam custodiam meque et meas spes trado,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 59:

    agitare custodiam,

    to keep guard, id. Rud. 3, 6, 20:

    iis impedimentis custodiae ac praesidio VI. milia hominum unā reliquerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29:

    sub hospitum privatorum custodiā esse,

    Liv. 42, 19, 5:

    tam fida canum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

    pastoris,

    Col. 8, 4, 3:

    paedagogorum,

    Quint. 1, 2, 25:

    dura matrum,

    care, oversight, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 22 et saep.:

    navium longarum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

    ignis (Vestae),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

    urbis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 17; 2, 36; Liv. 5, 10, 4; cf.:

    urbis, sui,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    corporis,

    id. Galb. 12:

    illa (sc. pontis),

    Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

    portus, Auct. B. Alex. 17: cum in ejusdem anni custodiā te atque L. Murenam fortuna posuisset,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 64:

    aliquid privatā custodiā continere,

    id. Sull. 15, 42:

    circum familias conventus Campaniae custodiae causā distribuit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    in muro custodiae causā conlocati,

    id. ib. 1, 28;

    Auct. B. Afr. 46: navis quae erat ad custodiam ab Acilio posita,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

    tribunus adpositus custodiae (alicujus),

    Tac. A. 1, 6:

    ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    a cujus audaciā fratris liberos ne materni quidem corporis custodiae tegere potuissent,

    id. Clu. 11, 31:

    fida justitiae,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 113:

    una fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum (litterae),

    Liv. 6, 1, 2:

    libertatis,

    id. 4, 24, 4:

    suae religionis,

    Quint. 6, 1, 20:

    decoris,

    id. 11, 1, 57 et saep.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons who serve as guards, a guard, watch, sentinel:

    colonia meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis munita,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 8; 2, 12, 26; id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

    neque clam transire propter custodias Menapiorum possent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 7, 19; 7, 27 et saep.—In sing. (collect.), Cat. 62, 33:

    abest custodia regi,

    Ov. M. 14, 371:

    unicus anser erat, minimae custodia villae,

    id. ib. 8, 684:

    corporis,

    a body-guard, Curt. 5, 1, 42.—
    2.
    A place where guard is kept, a watch- or guard - house, watch - station:

    haec (urbs) mea sedes est, haec vigilia, haec custodia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24:

    privata,

    id. Sull. 15, 42:

    in hac custodiā et tamquam speculā,

    id. Phil. 7, 7, 19:

    ceteri in custodiam conditi,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—In plur., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, a watching, guarding, custody, restraint, confinement.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec cuiquam uni custodiam ejus (sc. Philopoemenis capti) satis credebant,

    Liv. 39, 50, 2: quive (servi) inve ludum custodiamve conjecti fuerint, Gai Inst. 1, 13:

    animal quod custodiam nostram evadit,

    id. ib. 2, 67:

    famulos vinclis atque custodiā... tueri,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. — Plur.:

    in praedonum hostiumque custodias tantum numerum civium Romanorum includere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    libera,

    private custody, confinement in one's house, Liv. 24, 45, 8; Vell. 1, 11 (cf.:

    libero conclavi,

    Liv. 39, 14, 9); and in plur.:

    in liberis custodiis,

    Sall. C. 47, 3; cf.

    trop.: domi teneamus eam (eloquentiam), saeptam liberali custodiā,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330.—Perh. in a play upon the words libera custodia:

    ut sis apud me ligneā in custodiā,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28. —
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    A place of confinement, a prison, hold:

    Lentulus comprehenditur et in custodiā necatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 104 fin.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, §§ 68 and 69; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; id. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 et saep. — Trop.:

    corporis custodiis se liberare,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—
    2.
    Persons in confinement, captives, prisoners (post-Aug.):

    in recognoscendis custodiis,

    Suet. Tib. 61; id. Dom. 14:

    unus ex custodiarum agmine,

    Sen. Ep. 77, 18.—Of a single person:

    eādem catenā et custodiam et militem copulat,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 7.

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  • 13 defensor

    dēfensor, ōris, m., rar. f. [id.].
    I.
    One who fends, wards, averts, or keeps off:

    necis,

    Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    periculi,

    id. Mur. 2.—
    II.
    A defender, protector.
    1.
    In gen. (for syn. cf.:

    tutor, praeses, vindex, cognitor, curator, patronus, advocatus, causidicus): paterni juris,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244; cf. id. Mil. 15:

    juris et libertatis, id. Rab. perd. 4, 12: octo tribuni plebis, illius adversarii, defensores mei,

    id. Mil. 15; cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 30;

    opp. petitor,

    Quint. 4, 2, 132:

    bonus,

    id. 5, 13, 3 et saep.;

    opp. accusator,

    id. 7, 2, 31; 5, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 et saep.; cf. patronus. Once fem.:

    mulier defensor alicujus,

    Dig. 16, 1, 2 fin.:

    canes defensores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9.—
    2.
    Esp. in plur., defensores, the garrison:

    oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12; id. ib. 3, 25 et saep.; Sall. J. 23; Liv. 21, 11; Verg. A. 2, 521; Ov. M. 13, 274 et saep.—
    3.
    Defensor civitatis, or plebis, or loci, in the later period of the empire (since 365 A.D.), title of a magistrate in the provincial cities, whose chief duty was to afford protection against oppression on the part of the governor;

    he was likewise endowed with a subordinate civil jurisdiction,

    Cod. Theod. 1, 11; Cod. Just. 1, 55; Just. Inst. 1, 20, 5.—
    * B.
    Of inanimate subjects, as the guards (sublicae) of a bridge, Caes. B. G. 4, 17 fin.

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  • 14 excubitorium

    excŭbĭtōrĭum, ii, n. [id.], a post where guards were stationed, P. Victor. de Reg. Urb. Rom. sub fin.

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  • 15 Hercules

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

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; 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.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, 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!
    (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.—
    (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.—
    (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.
    II.
    Derivv.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin.
    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.

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  • 16 Herculiani

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

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; 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.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, 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!
    (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.—
    (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.—
    (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.
    II.
    Derivv.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin.
    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.

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  • 17 Herculius

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

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; 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.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, 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!
    (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.—
    (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.—
    (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.
    II.
    Derivv.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin.
    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.

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  • 18 hetaerice

    hĕtaerĭcē, ēs, f., = hetairikê, a body of horse-guards in the Macedonian army, Nep. Eum. 1, 6.

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  • 19 me hercule

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

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; 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.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, 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!
    (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.—
    (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.—
    (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.
    II.
    Derivv.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin.
    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.

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  • 20 mehercule

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

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; 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.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, 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!
    (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.—
    (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.—
    (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.
    II.
    Derivv.
    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.—
    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.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin.
    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.

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