Ἡράκλειος
οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones
English (LSJ)
α, ον, also ος, ον S.Tr.51; Ep. Ἡρακλ-ήειος, in Ion. Prose Ἡρακλ-ήϊος, η, ον:—
A of Heracles, βίη Ἡρακληείη, i.e. Heracles himself, Il. 11.690, al., Theoc.25.154, etc.; Ἡ. στῆλαι the opposite headlands of Gibraltar and Apes' Hill near Tangier, Hdt.2.33,4.8 (where -κλέων is the best reading); στᾶλαι Ἡ Pi.I.4(3).12. Adv. -είως like Heracles, Luc.Peregr.33. II Ἡράκλειον or ἠπιο-εῖον, Ion. -ήϊον (sc. ιερόν), τό, temple of Heracles, Hdt.2.44, al.; also, a huge drinking-cup, such as Heracles used, Ath.11.469c. 2 Ἡράκλεια (sc. ἱερά), τά, his festival, Ar.Ra.651, IG3.129; Ἡ. θύειν D.19.86, etc. 3 Ἡρακλεία, ἡ, frothy poppy, Silene viscosa, Thphr.HP9.12.5,9.15.5, Dsc.4.66. b title of poem by Rhianus. III νοῦσος Ἡρακλείη epilepsy, Hp.Mul. 1.7, cf. Gal.17(2).341; but Ἡ. πάθος elephantiasis, Aret.SD2.13. IV Ἡράκλεια λουτρά hot baths, Ar.Nu.1051, ubi v. Sch. (also Ἡρακλέους κοῖται soft bedding, Megaclid. ap. Ath.12.512f). V λίθος Ἡρακλεία or Ἡράκλεια, ἡ, the magnet, Pl.Ti.80c, Ion533d, Epicur.Fr.293; from Heraclea in Lydia, acc. to Hsch. 2 πάνακες Ἡράκλειον opopanax, Zopyr. ap. Orib.14.62.1. VI Ἡράκλειος, ὁ (sc. μήν), a month at Delphi, GDI1685, al.; at Halicarnassus, SIG1015.1.
