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Hero

Hero · f

A priestess of Aphrodite

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Where it lives

De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

Hēro — Lewis & Short

Hēro, ūs, f., = *(hrw/.

I A priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestos, beloved by Leander of Abydos, who repeatedly swam to her across the Hellespont, but at length was drowned, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Am. 2, 16, 31.—

B Deriv.: Hērōus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hero: turres, Luc. 9, 955.—

II One of the Danaïdes, Hyg. Fab. 170.—

III A daughter of Priam, Hyg. Fab. 90.

In the wild

Heron Celsus, De Medicina 7.pr.p1
Heron Celsus, De Medicina 7.14

Where it came from

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

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