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.