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Hēraclēa or Hēraclīa , ae, f., = Ἡράκλεια (city of Heracles or Hercules),
I.the name of several cities.—In partic.
I. A seaport of Lucania, on the river Siris, a colony of Tarentum, and the birthplace of the painter Zeuxis, now Policoro, Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Cic. Arch. 4, 6; Liv. 1, 18; 8, 24.—
B. Deriv.: Hēraclēen-ses or Hēraclīenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea, Heracleans, Cic. Arch. 4, 6 sq.; id. Balb. 8, 21.—
II. A very ancient city of Sicily, a colony from Crete, called in earlier times Minoa, now Capo Bianco, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 125; Liv. 24, 35; 25, 40.—
B. Deriv.: Hēraclēenses or Hēraclīenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea, Heracleans, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.—
III. A city of Phthiotis in Thessaly, near Thermopylœ, a colony of Sparta, formerly Trachis, Liv. 28, 5, 13 sq.; Just. 13, 5, 8.—
IV. Heraclea Sintica or Heraclea ex Sintiis, a city in Pœonia, on the western bank of the Strymon, now Melenik, Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 3; Liv. 42, 51, 7.—
V. A maritime town of Pontus, also with the epithet Pontica, now Erekli or Eregri, Mel. 1, 19, 7; Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Liv. 42, 56.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.125
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.101
    • Cicero, For Archias, 4.6
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 8.21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 24
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.79.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 5.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 18
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