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|lshtext=<b>Hercēus</b>: i, m., = Ἑρκεῖος (of or belonging to the [[court]]-[[yard]]),<br /><b>I</b> an epithet of Jupiter, as the [[protector]] of the [[house]] and its [[enclosure]] ([[pure]] Lat. Penetralis): [[Herceus]] [[Juppiter]] [[intra]] conseptum [[domus]] cujusque colebatur, quem [[etiam]] deum penetralem appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll. N. cr.; Hyg. F. 91; Sen. Agam. 469; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 469: ara Hercei Jovis, Ov. Ib. 286 (al. Rhoetei).—Hence, also: Herceae arae, Luc. 9, 979 (dub.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Hercēus</b>¹⁴ <b>(-cīus)</b>, ī, m. ([[ἑρκεῖος]]), Hercéen, qui veille aux clôtures [surnom de Jupiter, protecteur d’une maison] : Hyg. Fab. 91 || <b>-us</b>, a, um, de Jupiter Hercéen : Luc. 9, 979.
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