Hercules

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Herculēs, from Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently cognate of Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) and, according to Haudry, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːkjəliːz/, /ˈhɜːkjʊliːz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝːkjəliːz/, /ˈhɝːkjʊliːz/ === Proper noun === Hercules (plural Herculeses or Hercules or (obsolete) Herculesses or (obsolete) Hercules's) (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 twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family. Coordinate terms: Heracles, Melqart (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis. (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon. (rare, countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Hercules on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Noun === Hercules (plural Hercules) A Hercules beetle. A man with Herculean attributes. === Anagrams === Schueler == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hercules m (astronomy) Hercules == Latin == === Alternative forms === Hercelēs, Herclēs, Erclēs === Etymology === Via the Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from the Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently cognate of Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) and, according to Haudry, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛr.kʊ.ɫeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.ku.les] === Proper noun === Herculēs m sg (genitive Herculis or Hercule͡i or Herculī); third declension (Greek mythology) Hercules, Heracles, heroic son of Zeus. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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) “Héros”, in Jean Haudry (2023) Léxique de la tradition indo-européenne, Fouenant: Yoran, pp. 268-9. 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