Herc

Proper noun

Hercules (plural Herculeses or Hercules or (obsolete) Herculesses or (obsolete) Hercules's)

1. (Roman) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
   • THere were many Hercules’s, but (as Tully ſays, de Nat. Deor. lib. 3.) the famous Actions of them all are aſcrib’d to him who was the Son of Jupiter, by Alcmena, the Wife of Amphitryo King of Thebes.1698, The Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and Most Illustrious Heroes, in a Short, Plain and Familiar Method by Way of Dialogue, 2nd edition, London: […] Charles...
2. A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
3. A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
4. (countable, rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
5. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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