HEJ 
HEL 
HEM 
HEBETESC5 (hebes), is, n. 3. same as 
HHebesr.il. Plin. 
HE BET 6 (Id.), as, avi, atum,a. I-to make 
9 blunt, or dull, dpftYvio. ' 
Plin. oculorum aciem. Id. Lunam 
convenit umbra terra hebetari, to be 
eclipsed. Virg. visus. Cels, aures. 
Plin. sensus. Ooid. flammas, to ex 
Unguisli. Id. Dies hebetarat sidera, 
had. dulled or dimmed. Sd. vipereum 
herbis et carmine dentem, to charm, en- 
duuit Plin■ Gemmas hebetari, lose 
their vigor, arc blasted. Id. Oleum ve- 
nenaomniahebetat. Id. amantadines, 
h. e. to lessen. Id. Ptimores dentes he- 
betantes verba, rendering the voice faint. 
Ooid. Lethe hebetans pectora, talcing 
away the memory. , 
HEBETODS (Id.), Inis, f. dulness, blunt- 
3 ness, stupidity, lip/lYcis- Macrob. sen- 
HEBR/EOS (unc.), a, urn, adj. Hebrew, 
H Jewish,'Efipaius. Tacit. 
HEBRaICE (Hebraicus), adv. in Hebrew. 
Lactant. , . r 
HEBRAICOS (Hebraeus), a, urn, adj. Jew¬ 
'd ish, Hebrew. Lactant. 
II2BR0S ( E ft pos), i, m. a river of Thrace, 
now Marina. Ovid, calls it sacer on ac¬ 
count of the orgies of Bacchus celebra 
ted in its neighborhood. 
HECALE ('E/fdX>j'|, es, f. a poor old wo¬ 
man who kindly received Theseus. Ovid. 
HECATE ('Exarrj), es, f. Hecate, Hcc ^, 
a goddess, and daughter of Perses,the 
same as Proserpine. She was supposed to 
preside over magic and enchantments, and 
was generally represented as a woman 
with three heads, that of a horse, a dog, 
and a boar. Virg. unA Ovid. 
HECATEIS ('Eicarms), idos, adj. proceed¬ 
'd ing from or produced by Hecate; magic. 
HECATEIOS, ami HECATEOS (Hecate), 
3 a, urn, adj. relating to Hecate, or Diana. 
g taL _- IT Also, relating to Hecate, tlie 
daughter of Perses; magic. Ovid, car- 
•HECaTOMBE (UaTopPn), es, f. a heca- 
3 tomb, sacrifice of a hundred oxen, sheep, 
swine, or of any animals of the same spe¬ 
cies. Also, in general, any great sacri¬ 
fice at a great festival. Capitolin. 
HECAT5MBI5N, ii, n. same as Hecatom- 
3 be. Sidon. . 
IIECT6R ("Em-wp), oris, m.a son of king 
Priam and Hecuba, husband of Androma¬ 
che, and the most valiant of all the 1 ro- 
jans that fought against the Greeks. He 
was killed by Achilles. 
(HECTORED S (Hector), a, um, a ' ,J ‘ ’,'f 
3 lating to Hector. Virg. — IT Also, 
Trojan. Virg. - IT Also, Roman. 
■ HECCtBA, ib, and HECOBE, es, f. E/ca/?ij, 
the wife of Priam, king of Troy. 
HECyRA (txvpa), ie, f. a mother-in-law, 
step-mother. A comedy of Terent. 
; HEDERA, or EDERA perhaps from lue- 
reo), re, f. ivy, Hedera Helix, L.)* 
Vivo — Wine-bibbers used to crown 
themselves with ivy. The thyrsus o 
Bacchus was bound with ivy. Poets 
also were crowned with it. 
HPTIERaCEOS, or EDERACEOS, or IIe- 
?DERaCIOS, or EDERaCIOS (hedera), 
“ a, urn, adj. of ivy, Kiaaivo;. Cato. 
IT Also, resembling ivy. Vopisc. 
HEDERaTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. crowned 
SjgS&R (hedera& gero), a, um, adj. 
HelXEROSO'S (hedera), a, um, adj. abound- 
3 ing in ivy. Propcrt. 
HE DOT. See JEdui. . . 
HEDyCHRUM (ftSvxpovv), b n - amJ th ;z 
1 of an agreeable color . -- T Also a kind 
of sweet ointment. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12. 
HEDyoSMOS (fidvoapos), h m - wild mint. 
HffoIpNOIS {oSvirvoU), idis, f. a species 
HED^MA^^riiva/ia), Ads, n. a land of 
•£ sweet ointment. Plin. 
ttritEU See Eheu. 
nil interj. ah! alas! o7, ol poi. Terent. 
3 Hei! metuo lenonem. Id. Hei. vereor, 
ne &c. Plant. Hei mihi 1 wo is me. 
Terent. Hei miseio mihi! 
HEJ A. See Eja.'i 
IIEJOLO, for Ejulo. Gell. 
HELCIaRIOS (helcium), ii, m. a haler, 
3 hauler, haltstcr, c\k'iwv. Martial. 
HELCIUM (eXxiov), ii, n. a horse-collar, 
3 Aarnc, yoke. Apul. , 
HELQySMA ( iXxvopa ), Atis, n. the dross of 
2 silver\ Plin. _ rr , 
HELENA, ie, and HELENE, es, f. Helena, 
Helen, 'E Uny, the daughter of Ledaby 
Ttjndarus or Jupiter, sister of Castor, I ot- 
lux, and Clytemnestra; also mother of 
Hcrmione, and wife of king MendauS ; she 
was the most beautiful woman of her age, 
and seduced by Paris, who persuaded her to 
follow him to Troy, which caused the lio- 
j tm war. -IT When two flames of fire 
appeared near a vessel during a storm, 
this phenomenon was called by sea¬ 
men Outer et Pollux, and considered a 
prognostic of fair weather ; but if only 
one was seen, it was called Helena, 
and regarded as a sign of foul weathei. 
Plin. 2,37. . , , _ 
HELENIUM (tX'cviov), u, n. a plant, ac¬ 
cording to some, the herb elecampane. 
Plin. _ . i _ 
HELENAS, i, m. a son of king Priam, and a 
celebrated soothsayer. T 
HELE0SELIN6N, or HELidSELlNoN 
fcXeioatXivov), i, n. tfte smaH-a|e, 
(Anium graveolens, L.). Pallail. and Plin. 
HELEPOLIS (eAtiruAis), is, f; a warlike 
2 engine constructed by Demetrius Pohorce- 
tes, in the siege of Rhodes. Vitruv. and 
Ammian. 
HELIADES, um. See Helias. 
HELIaNTHES (f)\iav$is), eos, n. sun- 
HELIAS UfhiH), Adis, f. Plur. Heliades, 
the daughters of the Sun, and sisters of 
Phaeton. They were so afflicted at the 
death of their brother, that they were chang¬ 
ed by the gods into poplars; their tears were 
changed into amber. Hence, Ovid. Ne- 
mus°Heliadum h. e. poplars. Id. lacri 
mm, h. e. amber. 
HELICaSN, onis, m. a son of Anterior, 
3 and the founder of Padua. — Hence, 
Helicaonlus, a, um, adj. same as Pata- 
vin us. Martial. . 
IIELICE CEXuoj), es, f. a mar dime town of 
Achaia. Ovid. -IT Also, a constella¬ 
tion, Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Ovid. 
— Hence, the Worth- Senec. -H Also, 
a sort of willow. Plin. 
HELIC5N ('EXikcov), onis, m. a mountain 
of Bwotia , sacred to Apollo and the Mieses , 
now Zagara. —Hence, Heliconias,Adis, 
Heliconian. Plur. HellconiAdes, the Mu¬ 
ses. Lucret. - Heliconls same as He¬ 
liconias. Plur. Helicomdes , the Muses. 
Pars. — Heliconius, a, um, Heliconian. 
HELIOCaLLIS (>)Xio»caXXis), idis,f. same 
as Helianlhes. Plin. 24, 102. 
HELI5CAMINOS (fiXiuuapivos), b m - c 
2 room exposed to and heated by the sun 
HELIOcilRvSdS ( i\i6xpv<roi ), i, m. and 
HELioCHRySON, i, n. marsh gold- 
flower ; (according to some, gnaphahum 
Statehas, L. Others take it for Tanaeetum 
annuum, L.) Plin. 
HELIOPOLIS, is, f. a city of Egypt.— 
Hence, Heliopolltes, ffi, m. pertaining to 
it. Heliopolit®, its inhabitants. Plin.— 
Heliopolitanus, a, um, adj. Ammian. 
_IT Also, a town of Cielesyria, now 
Baalbeck. Plin. .. 
HELIOSCOPIOS (iXio<r/cdinos), u ; , « 
kind of tithymal, or spurge. Plin. db,42. 
___ Helioscopion, n, n. a species of the 
turnsol , nXiooKtimov. Plin. 2*2, 29. 
HELtOSELiNUM. See Heleosclmon. 3 
HELI5TR0PIUM (y\toTp6mov), 11 , n. the 
turnsol, or sun-flower. Plin. - 11 A “°> 
a precious stone, a kind of .jasper, of leek- 
erreen color, with blood-red veins. Phn. 
HELIX (eXi?, and EiXtf), icis, f. a kind of 
creeping ivy. Plin. - Also, an orna¬ 
ment on the chapiter of a pillar of the Co¬ 
rinthian order. Vitruv. 
HELLADICOS ('EXXait/cos), a, um, adj. 
2 Grecian, Greek. Plin. 
HELLAS ('EXX«S), Ados f. Greece P in 
HELLE ("EXXi?), es, f. a daughter of Mia- 
mas, and sister to Phryxus. She fled on a 
golden ram from her father s house with 
her brother, to avoid the cruel oppression 
of her step-mother Ino, but was drowned in 
that part of the sea which from her received 
the name of Hellespont. 
370 
an 
HeLLEBORINE {LWeffopivn), es, f. 
herb resembling hellebore. Plin. 
HELLEBORITeS (eAXe/Jopitc/s), a, m 
wine seasoned with hellebore. Plin. 
HELLEBORoSOS (helleborus), a, um, adj 
full of hellebore, that hath taken too much 
hellebore, or who very much needs helle¬ 
bore; mad, frantic. Plant. 
HELLEBOROS (l\Y/3opos), i,m.and HSL- 
LEBORUM, i, n. hellebore. The ancients 
mention two kinds of it, black and white 
hellebore. The former, growing prin 
cipally on mount CEta, is Veratrum at 
uil muuii. r uki ion «<,• 
bum, L. The latter, growing principally 
islands of Anticyia and Euboea, 
on the islands of Anticyia and Euboea, 
on mount Helicon, &c. was also called 
Melampodion, and is the same as Helle¬ 
borus orientalis, IVdld. Hellebore was 
formerly used with great success in the 
cure of madness, epilepsy, and other 
diseases. Plin. 
HELLEN ("EXXrji/), enis, m the son of 
Deucalion, king of Thessaly, from whom 
the Greeks are called Hellenes. — 
IT Also, a Greek. Plur. Hellenes, the 
Greeks. Plin. 
HELLENISMuS ('EXXr/iuo-pd?), i, m. a 
Hellenism, Grecism. 
HELLESPONT!ACOS (Hellesponlus), a, 
um, and HELLESP5NTI0S, a, um, adj. 
of or relating to the Hellespont. Virg. 
deus, h. e. Priapus. 
HELLESPONT!aS ('EXXrjswnas), 8, 
m. same as Ciecias. Plin. 
HELLESPoNTIOS. See Hcllcspontiam. 
HELLESPONTOS ('EXXijf -ovros), i, m. 
the straits of Gallipoli; the straits of the 
Dardanelles. Cic. -IT Also, the coun¬ 
try on both sides of the Hellespont. Cic. 
and Liv. 
HELLO OR, &c. See Ileluor. 3 
HELOPS (tXXod/), or tLoPb, or eLLoPS, 
onis, in. and HELoPE, es, f. a delicious 
fish, perhaps the sword-fish. Colwm. ana 
IIELOROS, i, m. a river of Sicily. Virg.i 
HEL5S, n. a town of Laconia, taken am 
destroyed by the Spartans; its inhabitants 
were reduced to slavery. _ 
IIELoTES, um, or IIELOTA5, arum, m. 
public slaves of the Lacedcemoniaiis. Jff 
_They were also called Ilotai. in. 
They were originally inhabitants of the 
town of Helos. , 
HeLOaTIQ (heluor), onis, f. a gormandi- 
2 zinir. guzzling . Cic. , m c 
HeLVeLX, or HeLVeLLX (unc.), ee, 
1 any small herb , kitchen or pot-herb, A a X a 
HElivEN aCOS, or HELVENaCIOS (hei 
2 vus), a, um, adj. pale red, yellowish 
Colum. and Plin. 
IIELVEOLOS, same as Helyolus. 3 
HELVETICOS, a, um, adj. same as ft. 
vetius. Cats. . n n,i. 
HELVETIOS, ii, m. a Swiss. Cm. 
vetii ,the Ilelvetn, the Swiss. Their cow 
try was anciently a part of Gauh 
Hence, Helvetius, a, um, adj. Helve tm 
HELVIlfsrum, m. a people 
They were also called Helm. 
Hence, Helvlcus, a, urn, arj. 
hIlVINOS, a, um, adj. same as Helvcln 
Ha05(u„c.), 5 nis. »• 
his property m excesses,. B 
glutton. Cic patrimonii. lit 
HEL05R (heluo), arl ^, at ' is f' 1 ’ f re- 
cat voraciously, eat, like a 0 
M e \Sfh. e-TbeZinsatiable 
_ir Also, to squander, waste. 
sanguinem reipublicffi. „/i 
HEL VOLOS (hei vus), a, um, 
3 peo°p r ie ofGait 
plant yielding a 0 r vW 
of the wall, helxineflVanemii 
L.). PUn- 22, U. . . wo ndeti fr 
HEM, interj. ah! oh. -11 A» 
tonishment, grief. f Ileus ^ 
well! in answers. Teren y 
Syre. (Srj,,q«. ^ 
the matter I-—"*■ > HelI) DU* 
see! jasT look! 1 
Pin. 
