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Lerna | Lernē, ēs | Lernaeus, a, um (noun F) : and , , , = Λέρνη
* A forest and marsh near Argos, through which flowed a stream of the same name; the abode of the Lernaean 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
* Adj., Lernaean: 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.
* Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian: Lernaei reges,Stat. Th. 5, 499: alumni,id. ib. 4, 638: coloni,id. ib. 3, 461.
* A forest and marsh near Argos, through which flowed a stream of the same name; the abode of the Lernaean 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
* Adj., Lernaean: 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.
* Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian: Lernaei reges,Stat. Th. 5, 499: alumni,id. ib. 4, 638: coloni,id. ib. 3, 461.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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