Lerna — Lewis & Short
Lerna, ae, and Lernē, ēs, f., = *le/rnh,
I a forest and marsh near Argos, through which flowed a stream of the same name; the abode of the Lernæan Hydra, which Hercules slew with the help of Iolāus, and then drained the marsh:
belua Lernae,Verg. A. 6, 287:
anguifera,Stat. S. 2, 181:
fecunda veneno,id. Theb. 9, 340:
haec dextra Lernam Placavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: et Lerne pulsa tridente palus,Prop. 2, 26, 48 (3, 22, 20), where Müll. Lernae: Lerne, also a town situated there, acc. to Mel. 2, 3, 9.—Hence,
II Lernaeus, a, um, adj., Lernæan:
pestis,Lucr. 5, 26:
anguis,Verg. A. 8, 300:
hydra,Prop. 2, 19, 9:
mixtus Lernaei labe veneni,Ov. M. 9, 130:
sagittae,with which Hercules killed the Hydra, Luc. 6, 392: cancer, killed by Hercules at the same time with the Hydra, Col. poët. 10, 313. —
B Poet., transf., Argive, Grecian:
Lernaei reges,Stat. Th. 5, 499:
alumni,id. ib. 4, 638:
coloni,id. ib. 3, 461.