Hercules

From Latin Herculēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːkjəliːz/, /ˈhɜːkjʊliːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝːkjəliːz/, /ˈhɝːkjʊliːz/

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Hercules

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
3. (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
4. A city in California.

• Herculean
• Herculinian
• Herculis

• Heracles
• Herculean
• Hercules beetle

• Schueler

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Hercules m

1. (astronomy) Hercules

• Hercelēs, Herclēs, Erclēs

Via the Etruscan [script needed] (HERCLE), from the Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.ku.leːs/, [ˈhɛr.kʊ.ɫeːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ku.les/

Herculēs m (variously declined, genitive Herculis or Herculī or Herculeī); third declension, fifth declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hercules, Heracles, heroic son of Zeus.

   Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.

   Not even Hercules fights against two.

Fifth- and third-declension forms occur;
Greek influence is often apparent in the vocative.

• 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.

• Columnae Herculis

• 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)