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adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
n.
The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
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Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
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Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.
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A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
n.
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.
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Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
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Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
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One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.
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The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
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Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
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A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
n. pl.
The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
n.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
a.
Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
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Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
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Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.
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A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
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A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
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