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2) усиливать, обострять (suspicionem C; adaucta vel lĕvata febris CC)

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1. decimus (decumus), a, um, der zehnte, I) eig.: A) adi.: legio, Caes.: pars, Zehntel, Cic.: hora diei, Cic.: dies, Cels.: mensis, Komik.: annus, Verg., Cels. u. Tac., annus aetatis, Quint.: decimus quisque, jedesmal der Zehnte (der zehnte Mann), Plaut. (dah. beim Dezimieren der Soldaten sorte decimum quemque ad supplicium legere, Liv.: decimum quemque sortiri, Sen.: decimum quemque sorte ductos fusti necare od. bl. decimum quemque fusti ferire, Tac.): tertius decimus, quartus decimus locus, Cic.: tertius decimus dies, Cels.: mensis sextus ac decimus, Aur. Vict.: septima dies post decimam, poet. = der siebzehnte, Verg. – B) subst.: 1) decimus, ī, m., a) (sc. liber) das zehnte Buch einer Schrift, in tertio decimo annalium, Gell. 18, 2, 16. – b) (sc. dies) der zehnte Tag, der Zehnte, decimo Kalendas Maias, Col. 11, 2, 36: tertio decimo Kalendas Augustas, ibid. § 52. – 2) decima od. gew. decuma, ae, f., a) (sc. hora) die zehnte Stunde des Tages (= 4 Uhr nachmittags), quem nulla res ultra decumam retinuit, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 17, 7. – b) (sc. pars) der zehnte Teil, α) das einer Gottheit gelobte Zehntel der Beute, der Einkünfte (vgl. Varro LL. 6, 54), vovere Apollini decumas praedae, Iustin. 20, 3, 3; decimam praedae Apollini consecrare, Macr. sat. 1, 7, 30: decumas Herculi ferre ex praeda Siciliensi, Iustin. 18, 7, 7: bene re

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gestā decimam Herculi profanare (dem H. weihen), Massur. Sabin. bei Macr. sat. 3, 6, 11: decimam Herculi vovere, Macr. sat. 3, 12, 2: cum de decima Herculis nec tertiam partem in aram eius imponitis, Tert. apol. 14. – Da zu solchen Opfern aus den Einkünften das Volk eingeladen wurde, um am Opferschmaus teilzunehmen, so erwarb sich der Darbringer beim Volke große Ehre od. großen Dank; dah. Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt, Cic. de off. 2, 58: decimas maturius dabat, Suet. Cal. 26, 4. – β) das Zehntel als Erbteil, placet ergo decumas uxoribus dari, quartas meretricibus? Trachal. b. Quint. 8, 5, 19. – γ) der zehnte Teil des Jahresertrags als Abgabe der Grundeigentümer, der Zehnte, das Zehent, decuma hordei, Cic.: decima fructuum, Aur. Vict.: unae decumae, unae unius agri decumae, Cic.: Sardiniae binae eo anno decumae frumenti imperatae, Liv.: alteras decumas Siculis imperare, Liv.: duas decumas frumenti exigere, Liv.: neminem minus tribus decumis dedisse, Cic.: ut pro singulis decumis ternas decumas dare liceret, Cic. – 3) decumum, ī, n., das Zehnfache, das zehnte Korn als Ertrag, ager efficit od. effert cum decumo, trägt zehnfach, Cic. Verr. 3, 112 sq.: concedes ut cum decumo fructus arationis perceptus sit, Cic. Verr. 3, 114. – C) adv.: 1) decimum, zum zehnten Male, nos reficietis decimum tribunos,

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Liv. 6, 40, 8. – 2) decimō, zehntens, Cassian. instit. 4, 39. Cassiod. de anim. 12. – II) meton. (wie decem, decimanus etc.) = ansehnlich, groß, ungeheuer, unda, Ov.: fluctus, Lucan. (vgl. decumanus fluctus u. im Griech. τρικυμία).

pollūcĕo, xi, ctum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port = Gr. proti, pros, and liceor; root licof linquo; Gr. leipô; cf. licet].

Lit., in relig. lang., to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity, to offer, offer up:

Jovi dapali culignam vini quantumvis polluceto... cum pollucere oportebit, sic facies, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 132: polluxi tibi iam publicando epulo Herculis decumas, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P. (Com. Rel. p. 9 Rib.):

decumam partem Herculi,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80: pisces, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

pollucere merces (quas cuivis deo) liceat, sunt far, polenta, vinum, panis fermentalis, ficus passa, suilla, bubula, agnina, casei, ovilla, alica, sesama et oleum, pisces quibus est squama praeter scarum: Herculi autem omnia esculenta, potulenta,

Fest. p. 253 Müll.—

Transf.

To serve up as a dish: non ego sum pollucta pago, I am no dish for the village (like the Engl. saying, I am meat for your master), Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 11.—

To entertain, to treal with a thing (ante- and post-class.).

Lit., jocosely:

polluctus virgis servus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37.—

Trop., to cause to share in or partake of, Arn. 5, 164.—Hence,

pol-luctum, i, n., the thing offered, an offering; also, a sacrificial banquet:

polluctum quod a porricendo est fictum. Cum enim ex mercibus libamenta porrecta sunt Herculi in aram, tum polluctum est,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.: ad polluctum emere, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

polluctum Herculis,

Macr. S. 2, 12 fin.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 63.—

polluctē, adv., with rich offerings, sumptuously, magnificently: pollucte prodigus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. prodegeris, p. 229 Müll. (dub.).

pollūcĕo, xi, ctum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port = Gr. proti, pros, and liceor; root licof linquo; Gr. leipô; cf. licet].

Lit., in relig. lang., to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity, to offer, offer up:

Jovi dapali culignam vini quantumvis polluceto... cum pollucere oportebit, sic facies, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 132: polluxi tibi iam publicando epulo Herculis decumas, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P. (Com. Rel. p. 9 Rib.):

decumam partem Herculi,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80: pisces, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

pollucere merces (quas cuivis deo) liceat, sunt far, polenta, vinum, panis fermentalis, ficus passa, suilla, bubula, agnina, casei, ovilla, alica, sesama et oleum, pisces quibus est squama praeter scarum: Herculi autem omnia esculenta, potulenta,

Fest. p. 253 Müll.—

Transf.

To serve up as a dish: non ego sum pollucta pago, I am no dish for the village (like the Engl. saying, I am meat for your master), Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 11.—

To entertain, to treal with a thing (ante- and post-class.).

Lit., jocosely:

polluctus virgis servus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37.—

Trop., to cause to share in or partake of, Arn. 5, 164.—Hence,

pol-luctum, i, n., the thing offered, an offering; also, a sacrificial banquet:

polluctum quod a porricendo est fictum. Cum enim ex mercibus libamenta porrecta sunt Herculi in aram, tum polluctum est,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.: ad polluctum emere, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

polluctum Herculis,

Macr. S. 2, 12 fin.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 63.—

polluctē, adv., with rich offerings, sumptuously, magnificently: pollucte prodigus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. prodegeris, p. 229 Müll. (dub.).

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

dĕcĭmus or dĕcŭmus (the latter form prevailed in the later law lang.; hence, decumanus), a, um, adj. [decem with superl. ending], the tenth.

Prop.:

mensis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 19; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29:

legio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf. ib. 41; 42 al.:

decima hora,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31;

and without hora,

Auct. Her. 4, 51:

annus,

Verg. A. 9, 155:

septuma (dies) post decumam,

i. e. the seventeenth, id. G. 1, 284 Voss.:

cum decumo efficit ager,

i. e. tenfold, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112; so, extulisset, ib. § 113.—

dĕcĭmum, adv. (like tertium, quartum, etc.; cf. Gell. 10, 1), for the tenth time, Liv. 6, 40.—

Subst.: dĕcĭma ( dĕcŭma), ae, f. (sc. pars), the tenth part, tithe.

As an offering:

testatur Terentius Varro... majores solitos decimam Herculi vovere,

Macr. S. 3, 12; so Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Just. 18, 7, 7; cf. with pars; Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80:

tibi (sc. Pythico Apollini) hinc decumam partem praedae voveo,

Liv. 5, 21; cf.:

cum vovissent Apollini decumas praedae,

Just. 20, 3, 3; cf. id. 18, 7, 7; Vulg. Gen. 14, 20;

so esp. of the tithes given by the Hebrews to support the priesthood,

id. Num. 18, 21 et saep.—

A largess openly bestowed by public men on the people:

Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; so Suet. Calig. 26; id. Galb. 15; Tac. H. 1, 20.—

A tithe, as a tax on landholders in the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 25; more freq. in plur., id. ib. 2, 3, 39, § 89 sq.—

A tithe, as conveyed by last will: decimas uxoribus dari, Trach. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 19.

Meton. (like decem, decies, etc.), considerable, large, immense ( poet.):

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530 (cf.: decimanus, no. II., and in Gr. trikumia);

so of billows,

Sil. 14, 122; Luc. 5, 672; Val. Fl. 2, 54 (decimus by circumlocut.: qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes;

posterior nono est undecimoque prior,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 50).

Dĕcĭmus, i, m., Dĕcĭma, ae, f., proper names.

Decimus, a Roman praenomen, abbrev. D. In the gens Claudia it was given only to patricians; but among the Junii and Laelii to plebeians also; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.—Hence, Dĕcĭmiānus, a, um, adj., named for Decimus:

pirus,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.—

Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements, a partus tempestivi tempore, Varr. and Caesel. ap. Gell. 3, 16, 10 sq.; cf. also Tert. Anim. 37; id. adv. Val. 32.

sacer, cra, crum (sancio), einem Gotte geheiligt, gewidmet, heilig, I) adi.: A) im allg.: a) mit Dat. u. Genet.: mensis sacer manibus, Ov.: aesculus sacra Iovi, Plin.: sacrum deae pecus, Liv.: sacrum Soli id animal, Tac.: Cereri sacer Polyphoetes, Priester der Ceres, Verg.: eius partem decumam Apollini sacram esse, Liv.: m. Genet., anseres sacri Iunonis, Liv.: pietatis sacrum, Inscr.: illa insula eorum deorum sacra putatur, Cic. – übtr., pugionem magno operi sacrum, geweiht (= bestimmt), Tac. – b) absol.: sacrae aedes, Cic.: aedificia (Ggstz. aed. profana), Cic.: lucus, Curt.: signa, Cic.: litterae, die heilige Schrift, Bibel, Eccl.: ignis, Curt.: fontes, amnes, Ov.: ius (Ggstz. publicum, privatum), Quint.; vgl. iura sacerrima lecti, heiligsten, dah. unverbrüchlichsten, Ov.: foedus, Curt.: pecunia (Ggstz. p. privata), Quint.: vates (weil dem Apollo heilig), Hor.: sacra profanaque omnia polluere, Sall. – poet. v. der Gottheit selbst, Vesta, Cybele, Prop. (und bei Liv. 3, 19, 10 im Wortspiel ut sacrosancti [hochheilig] habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri [hoch] neque sancti [heilig] sunt). – üotr., heilig, ehrfurchtsvoll, ehrwürdig, lingua (des Cirero), Mart.: Maro, Mart.: memoria patris, Quint.: sacerrima eloquentia, Sen. rhet. – bes. in bezug auf den Kaiser, sacrā Caesaris aure, Mart.: occupationes, Suet.: dah. später = kaiserlich übh., constitutiones,

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ICt.: auditio, spät. ICt. – endlich als stehendes Beiwort gewisser Örtlichkeiten u. Ggstde., wie: sacer mons, der heilige Berg, ein alleinstehender Hügel im Sabinischen, 4 km nordöstlich von Rom, am rechten Ufer des Anio, Liv. 2, 32, 2; vgl. Fest. p. 318 (b), 20. – sacra via, die heilige Straße, eine Straße in Rom, beim sacellum Streniae beginnend, auf der Burg endigend, Cic. Planc. 17. Hor. sat. 1, 9, 1: bei Dicht. auch sacer clivus, Hor. carm. 4, 2, 35. Mart. 1, 70, 5 (s. das weitere bei Jordan Topographie Roms 1, 2. S. 274 ff.). – os sacrum, das heilige Bein (griech. ἱερον ὀστέον), als anatom. t. t., Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 4, 24. – mare sacrum, das große Weltmeer, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 30, 162: dass. sacer Oceanus, Sen. suas. 1, 4. – B) insbes., einer unterirdischen Gottheit zur Vernichtung geweiht, ihr als Opfer verfallen, dah. verflucht, verwünscht, a) als t. t. der Religionsspr.: α) m. Dat.: eius caput Iovi (sc. Stygio) sacrum esset, altes Plebiszit bei Liv.: sac os esse certis dis, Macr. – β) absol.: eum, qui eorum cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri, Liv. – b) übtr., übh. verflucht, verwünscht, verabscheut, abscheulich, α) m. Dat.: homo, sacra res homini, Sen. ep. 95, 33. – β) absol.: ego sum sacer, scelestus, Plaut.: unus istic servus est sacerrimus, Plaut.: is intestabilis et sacer esto, Hor. – auri sacra fames, Verg.: hircus alarum, Catull.: venenum, magisches, geheimes, Val.

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Flacc.: passio, die Fallsucht, Epilepsie, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 4, 60: ignis, s. ignis.

II) subst., sacrum, ī, n., etw. Heiliges, Geweihtes, A) der heilige, geweihte Gegenstand, das Heiligtum, a) eig.: Cloacinae sacrum, Plaut.: sacrum clepere, rapere, Cic.: sacrum (Opfer) accendere, Phaedr.: sacrum (Opfer) id Vulcano cremare, Liv. – Plur., α) die Heiligkeit, regni, der Königswürde, Nipperd. Tac. ann. 2, 27. – β) Heiligtümer, heilige Geräte u. dgl., sacra ex aedibus suis eripuisse, Cic.: sacra omnia proferre, Auct. b. Alex.: cumque suis penetralia sacris, Götterbildnissen, Penaten, Ov.: sacra in mensa penatium deorum ponere, Opfergaben, Opfer, Naev. fr.: persaepe (incedebat) velut qui Iunonis sacra ferret, oft schritt er so bedächtig einher, wie einer, der beim Junofest die heiligen Geräte trägt, Hor. sat. 1, 3, 10 sq. – b) poet. übtr., v. Dichtungen, die Heiligtümer (der Musen), sacra caelestia, Ov.: sacra Maronis, Mart.: vatum, Pers. – B) der heilige Gebrauch, die heilige, gottesdienstliche Handlung, Feier, bes. das Opfer, a) eig.: Graeco sacro, nach griech. Religionsgebrauch, Cic.: morientibus operire oculos... sacrum est, Plin.: ebenso fabacia in sacro est, Plin. – sacrum (Opfer) facere Herculi, Liv., Iunoni, Prop.: sacra facere Graeco Herculi, Liv., Iovi, Ov.: plurima sacra obire, Liv.: sacris operari, Liv.: perpetrato sacro in monte (Albano), Liv. – sollemne Apol-

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linis sacrum (Gottesdienst), Suet.: Cereris sacrum arcanae, Hor.: u. so Plur. sacra oft übh. Gottesdienst, gottesdienstl. Feier, sacrorum religio, Cic.: sacra Orphica, Cic., Eleusina, Suet.: sacra Cereris, Cic.: sacra arcana, Hor.: Romana sacra suscipere, Liv.: ea sacra, quae maiores nostri ab exteris nationibus adscita atque arcessita coluerunt, Cic.: Romanis quoque ab eodem prodigio novemdiale sacrum susceptum est, Liv. – u. v. Privatgottesdienste der Geschlechter (gentes) u. Familien (familiae), von den Römern mit äußerster Sorgfalt bewahrt u. selbst vom Staate überwacht (so daß immer der Vermögenserbe u. der Adoptierte die sacra übernehmen mußten), sacra gentilicia (Ggstz. publica sacra), Liv.: sacra interire maiores noluerunt, Cic.: isdem uti sacris, Cic.: sacra nuptialia, Vermählungsfeierlichkeiten, Quint.: dass. sacra iugalia, Ov. – Sprichw., inter sacrum (Opfer) saxumque (Kieselstein, mit dem der Fetial das Opfertier tötete) sto, das Messer steht mir an der Kehle, Plaut. capt. 617: u. so quod ait vetus proverbium, inter sacrum ac saxum positus cruciabar, Apul. met. 11, 28. – hereditas sine sacris, eine Erbschaft ohne (mit vielen Kosten u. Mühen verknüpfte) Familiensakra = großer Vorteil ohne Kosten, -ohne Mühe, Plaut. capt. 775; trin. 484. – b) übtr., der Geheimdienst, die Mysterien = die Geheimnisse, sacra tori, Ov. – bes. der Wissenschaften, litterarum sacra

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colere, Quint.: sacra studiorum profanare, Tac. dial.

⇒ vulg. Nomin. sacrus, Not. Vatic. im Corp. gramm. ed. Keil. IV. p. 308 a. E. – arch. Nbf. nach der 3. Dekl., in der Opfersprache, in der Verbindung sacrem porcum, angef. b. Fest. p. 318 (a), 7 u. Plur. porci sacres, Plaut. Men. 289; rud. 1208. Varro r. r. 2, 1, 20 u. 2, 4, 16.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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.—

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!

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.—

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.—

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.

Derivv.

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.—

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.—

Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—

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).—

Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

Vell. 1, 2 fin. —

Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.