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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Hercules used when naming stars, such as α Herculis.
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Examples
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Hurdler Michelle Perry won twice in two big meets in Europe, winning at the Golden League's Weltklasse Zurich meet in 12.65 and at the Herculis Super Grand Prix meet in Monaco in 12.60.
USATODAY.com - Phelps shakes off disappointment of merely winning 2006
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Pliny, in his third book, says that from time immemorial the people of the southern coasts of Spain believed that the sea had forced a passage between Calpe and Abila: “Indigenæ columnas Herculis vocant, creduntque per fossas exclusa antea admisisse maria, et rerum naturæ mutasse faciem.”
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Septemtrione fretum Herculis et mare internum; Ab Ortu primo
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Longitudo summa computatur ab Herculis freto ad promontorium Bonæ Spei mill.
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Ptolomy, indeed, seems to mention it under the name of Herculis
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But that graue auncient writer, Cornelius Tacitus, hath a wise, briefe, pithy saying, and it is this: “Nemo tentauit inquirere in columnas Herculis, sancti鷖que ac reuerentius habitum est de factis Deorum credere, qu鄊 scire.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Íphiclés, fráter Herculis, mágná vóce exclámávit; sed Herculés ipse, fortissimus puer, haudquáquam territus est.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Ipsa Hippolyté balteum trádere volébat, quod dé Herculis virtúte fámam accéperat; reliquae tamen
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Tandem tamen minís Herculis territus Charón scapham solvit, et eum incolumem ad últeriórem rípam perdúxit.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Cácus autem dé adventú Herculis fámam accéperat; noctú igitur vénit, et dum Herculés dormit, quattuor pulcherrimórum boum abripuit.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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