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Himera

a river of Sicily

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 1 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 1 · 0.69/10k
In C. Verrem 6 · 0.6/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Hīmĕra — Lewis & Short

Hīmĕra, ae, = *(ime/ra.

I 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.—

II F., the city of Himera, situated on the northern branch of the river of the same name, between Lilybœum and Pelorus, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86; 2, 4, 33, § 73.—Also Hīmĕra, ōrum, n., Ov. F. 4, 475.—

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

In the wild

Himerae Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.87
Himeram Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 p40
Himeras Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.7
Himera Silius Italicus, Punica 14.233
Himera Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.86
Himera Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.87

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Where it came from

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