Definition of Himera
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LNS
Hīmera, Hīmerae
Himera
Ἱμέρα
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. a river of Sicily, which divides into two branches, of which the northern one is now called Fiume Grande, and the southern Fiume Salso
  2. the city of Himera, situated on the northern branch of the river of the same name, between Lilybaeum and Pelorus
Abbreviations
Hīmera, ae, = Ἱμέρα. M. and f., a river of Sicily, which divides into two branches, of which the northern one is now called Fiume Grande, and the southern Fiume Salso, Mel. 2, 7, 17; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Liv. 24, 6; Sil. 14, 233.

— F., the city of Himera, situated on the northern branch of the river of the same name, between Lilybaeum and Pelorus, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86; 2, 4, 33, § 73.

—Also Hīmera, ōrum, n., Ov. F. 4, 475.

— Deriv.: Hīmeraeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city Himera, Himeran: Demophilus, of Himera,-Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61.
 
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