Hercules
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Herculēs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Hercules
- (Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
- (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
- A city in California.
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Translations
The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles
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constellation
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Proper noun
Hercules m
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Via the Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from the Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.ku.leːs/, [ˈhɛrkʊɫ̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.ku.les/, [ˈɛrkules]
Proper noun
Herculēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Herculeī or Herculī or Herculis); fifth declension, third declension
Declension
Fifth- and third declension forms occur;
Greek influence is often apparent in the vocative.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Herculēs |
Genitive | Herculeī Herculī Herculis |
Dative | Herculeī Herculī |
Accusative | Herculem |
Ablative | Herculē Hercule |
Vocative | Herculēs Hercules Hercule |
- The genitive Herculeī appears in Catull's carmina 55 (but depends on the edition as it is also Herculi: "sed/Sed te iam/jam ferre Herculei labos est" or "sed/Sed te iam ferre Herculi labos est").
- The datives Herculeī and Hercoleī appear in inscriptions.[1]
- There is the genitive plural Herculum.
Derived terms
References
- “Hercŭles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Hercules”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Hercŭlēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 742/2.
- “Herculēs” on page 791/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- ^ Corpus inscriptorum Latinarum vol. I pars II fasc. I, p.623 §1482 [= 1113] and p.626 §1503 [= 1145]. More properly: Theodorus Mommsen (editor), Inscriptiones latinae antiquissimae ad C. Caesaris mortem. Editio altera, fasciculus I, Berlin, 1918
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