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1. hĭĕra, ae, f. (sc. antidotus), = ἱερά (sacred;

  1. I. Lat. sacra), a sort of antidote against poison, Scrib. Comp. 99; 156.
  2. II. Perh. = corona, a garland: hieran fecimus, Sen. Ep. 83, 4.

2. Hĭĕra, ae, f.

  1. I. The name of several islands, Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238; 4, 12, 23, § 70 al.
  2. II. Hĭĕra Cōme, a place in Caria, Liv. 38, 12, 10; cf. 38, 15, 7; 37, 19, 7.

hĭĕrābŏtănē (also separately hie-ra botane), ēs, f., = ἱερὰ βοτάνη (sacred plant), a plant, also called verbenaca, vervain, Verbena officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105; Scrib. Comp. 163.

hĭĕrācĭa, ae, f., = ἱερακία, hawkweed, Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 60.

hĭĕrācītis, ĭdis, f., = ἱερακῖτις (hawk-stone), a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167; 37, 11, 72, § 187.

hĭĕrācĭum, ĭi, n., = ἱεράκιον, a sort of eye-salve, Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.

Hĭĕra Cōme, v. 2. Hiera, II.

Hĭĕrāpŏlis, is, f., = Ἱεράπολις. A city of Great Phrygia, now Pambouk Kaleh, Vitr. 8, 3, 10; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208; Vulg. Col. 4, 13.
Hence,

    1. 1. Hĭĕrāpŏ-lītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Hierapolis, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 105.
    2. 2. Hĭĕrā-pŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the same, Macr. S. 1, 7; Dig. 43, 20, 1.

hĭĕrātĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἱερατικός, belonging to sacred uses, hieratic: charta hieratica appellatur antiquitus religiosis tantum voluminibus dicata, quae ablutione Augusti nomen accepit, sicut secunda Liviae, a conjuge ejus. Ita descendit hieratica in tertium nomen, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 74.

Hĭĕrĕmīas, ae, m., the prophet Jeremiah, Prud. Ham. 450.

Hĭĕrĭcūs, untis, f., = Ἱερικοῦς, the city of Jericho, in Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; 13, 4, 9, § 44.
Also called Jĕrĭcho, = Ἱεριχώ, Prud. Psych. 536; acc. Jerichon, Prud. Ham. 480 Dressel.

Hĭĕro, ōnis, m., = Ἱέρων.

  1. I. Ruler of Syracuse, a friend of the poet Simonides, Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; 3, 34, 83.
  2. II. A son of Hierocles, and ruler of Syracuse in the latter half of the third century B.C., a friend of the Romans, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 49; Liv. 21, 49; 22, 37; 24, 4; 26, 40; Just. 23, 4, 1; Sil. 14, 80.
    Deriv. Hĭĕrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Hiero: lex frumontaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 sq.; 2, 2, 60, § 147; 2, 3, 6, § 14 sq.

Hĭĕrŏcaesărīa or -ēa, ae, f., = Ἱεροκαισάρεια, a city of Lydia, Tac. A. 2, 47.
Hence, Hĭĕrŏcaesărĭenses, ium, m., its inhabitants, Tac. A. 3, 62.

Hĭĕrō̆cles, is, m., = Ἱεροκλῆς, a celebrated orator of Alabanda, an older contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; id. Or. 69, 231.

hĭĕrŏdūlus, i, m., = ἱερόδουλος, a temple servant, Firm. Math. 8, 21.

hĭĕroglyphĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἱερογλυφικός, hieroglyphic: litterae, Macr. S. 1, 21, 12: notae, Amm. 17, 4, 8.

hĭĕrŏgrăphĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἱερογραφικός, i. q. hieroglyphicus, hierographic: litterae, Amm. 22, 15, 30 dub. (al. hieroglyphicas).

hĭĕrŏmnēmon, ŏnis, m., = ἱερομνήμων, a precious stone, also called erotylos, Plin. 37, 10, 58, § 160.

hĭĕrŏnīca, ae, m., = ἱερονίκης, a conqueror in the sacred games: Neapolin albis equis introiit, disjecta parte muri, ut mos hieronicarum est, Suet. Ner. 25; Inscr. Orell. 2160; 2628 sq. al.

Hĭĕrōnĭcus, a, um, v. Hiero, II. fin.

Hĭĕrōnymus, i, m., = Ἱερώνυμος.

  1. I. a ruler of Syracuse, the grandson and successor of the younger Hiero, Liv. 24, 4 sq.
  2. II. A Greek peripatetic philosopher of Rhodes, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 8; 5, 5, 14; id. Tusc. 2, 6, 15; 5, 30, 84; 5, 31, 87 sq.; 5, 41, 118.
  3. III. Jerome, a celebrated father of the Church in the fifth century of the Christian era, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 8.

hĭĕrŏphanta or -tēs, ae, m., = ἱεροφάντης, a teacher of religious rites and ceremonies, a high-priest, hierophant, Arn. 5, 174; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 49 fin.: agrorum, in the country, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 10; Inscr. Orell. 2305; 2351 sq. (in Nep. Pelop. 3, 2, the word is spurious). ‡† hĭĕrŏphantrĭa, ae, f., = ἱεροφάντρια, a priestess, Inscr. Orell. 2361.

hĭĕrŏphylax, ăcis, m., = ἱεροφύλαξ, the keeper of a temple (pure Lat. aedituus), Dig. 33, 1, 20, § 1.

Hĭĕrŏsŏlyma, ōrum, n. (secondary forms;

  1. I. v. infra), = Ἱεροσόλυμα, the city of Jerusalem, in Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Cic. Fl. 28, 67 sq.; Tac. H. 2, 4; 5, 1; 8; 9; Suet. Ner. 40; id. Tit. 5; Flor. 3, 5, 30.
    Also, fem. acc.: Hĭĕrŏsŏlymam, Flor. 3, 5, 30; cf. Vulg. Matt. 16, 21; Marc. 10, 32 sq.; Lact. Epit. 46, 7.
    In neutr.: Hiĕrū̆-sălem, Prud. Psych. 811; Lact. de Pass. Chr. 25; and in many other eccl. fathers.
    Also abbrev.: Sŏlyma, ōrum, n., Mart. 11, 65, 5, acc. to Tac.; so called from the Solymi, a people of Lycia, Tac. H. 5, 2 fin.; cf. Plin. 5, 27, 24, § 94.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Hĭĕrŏsŏlymārĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Jerusalem; a surname given to Pompey after taking Jerusalem: ut sciat hic noster Hierosolymarius traductor ad plebem, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.
    2. B. Hĭĕrŏsŏ-lymītānus, a, um, adj., of Jerusalem: regnum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 21.
      Sŏly-mus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Jerusalem: leges, i. e. of the Jews, Juv. 6, 544.

Jērĕmīas (scanned Īĕrĕmīas, Prud. Ham. 450: Jērĕmĭās, Juvenc. Ev. Hist. 3, 269), ae, m., the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah: sermo Domini quem locutus fuerat per os Jeremiae, Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 22; id. Jer. 27, 1 et saep.; called Hĭērēmīās, Lact. 4, 11, 4.