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Hīmĕra , ae, = Ἱμέρα.
I. M. and f., a river of Sicily, which divides into two branches, of which the northern one is now called Fiume Grande, and the southern Fiume Salso, Mel. 2, 7, 17; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Liv. 24, 6; Sil. 14, 233.—
II. F., the city of Himera, situated on the northern branch of the river of the same name, between Lilybœum and Pelorus, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86; 2, 4, 33, § 73.—Also Hīmĕra , ōrum, n., Ov. F. 4, 475.—
B. Deriv.: Hīmĕraeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city Himera, Himeran: Demophilus, of Himera,-Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.86
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.61
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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