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Hebrus

Hebrus · m

The principal river in Thrace

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Hĕbrus — Lewis & Short

Hĕbrus, i, m., = *(/ebros.

I The principal river in Thrace, which rises in Mount Hœmus, and flows into the Ægean Sea, now the Maritza, Mel. 2, 2, 2; 8; Verg. E. 10, 65; id. G. 4, 463; and esp. ib. v. 523 sqq.; id. A. 1, 317; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3; id. C. 3, 25, 10; Ov. F. 3, 737; id. M. 2, 257; 11, 50 et saep.: sacer, on account of the festivals of Bacchus celebrated on its banks, id. H. 2, 114.—
II A Trojan, slain by Mezentius, Verg. A. 10, 696.—
III The name of a beautiful youth, Hor. C. 3, 12, 6.

In the wild

6 of 71 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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