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|lshtext=<b>Lerna</b>: ae, and Lernē, ēs, f., = Λέρνη,<br /><b>I</b> a [[forest]] and [[marsh]] [[near]] [[Argos]], [[through]] [[which]] flowed a [[stream]] of the [[same]] [[name]]; the [[abode]] of the Lernæan [[Hydra]], [[which]] [[Hercules]] slew [[with]] the [[help]] of Iolāus, and [[then]] drained the [[marsh]]: [[belua]] Lernae, Verg. A. 6, 287: anguifera, Stat. S. 2, 181: fecunda [[veneno]], id. Theb. 9, 340: haec [[dextra]] Lernam Placavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: et Lerne pulsa tridente [[palus]], Prop. 2, 26, 48 (3, 22, 20), [[where]] Müll. Lernae: Lerne, also a [[town]] [[situated]] [[there]], acc. to Mel. 2, 3, 9.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Lernaeus, a, um, adj., Lernæan: [[pestis]], Lucr. 5, 26: [[anguis]], Verg. A. 8, 300: [[hydra]], Prop. 2, 19, 9: mixtus Lernaei labe veneni, Ov. M. 9, 130: sagittae, [[with]] [[which]] [[Hercules]] killed the [[Hydra]], Luc. 6, 392: [[cancer]], killed by [[Hercules]] at the [[same]] [[time]] [[with]] the [[Hydra]], Col. poët. 10, 313. —<br /> <b>B</b> Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian: Lernaei reges, Stat. Th. 5, 499: alumni, id. ib. 4, 638: coloni, id. ib. 3, 461. | |||
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Revision as of 08:35, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λέρνη, ἡ.
Of Lerna, adj.: Λερναῖος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lerna: ae, and Lernē, ēs, f., = Λέρνη,
I a forest and marsh near Argos, through which flowed a stream of the same name; the abode of the Lernæan Hydra, which Hercules slew with the help of Iolāus, and then drained the marsh: belua Lernae, Verg. A. 6, 287: anguifera, Stat. S. 2, 181: fecunda veneno, id. Theb. 9, 340: haec dextra Lernam Placavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: et Lerne pulsa tridente palus, Prop. 2, 26, 48 (3, 22, 20), where Müll. Lernae: Lerne, also a town situated there, acc. to Mel. 2, 3, 9.—Hence,
II Lernaeus, a, um, adj., Lernæan: pestis, Lucr. 5, 26: anguis, Verg. A. 8, 300: hydra, Prop. 2, 19, 9: mixtus Lernaei labe veneni, Ov. M. 9, 130: sagittae, with which Hercules killed the Hydra, Luc. 6, 392: cancer, killed by Hercules at the same time with the Hydra, Col. poët. 10, 313. —
B Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian: Lernaei reges, Stat. Th. 5, 499: alumni, id. ib. 4, 638: coloni, id. ib. 3, 461.
