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Hasdrŭbal a Punic name; Son of Mago; the founder of the power of Carthage; Son of Hanno; … hasta a spear; a lance; pike; javelin; without iron hastārĭum an auction-catalogue hastārĭus adj. belonging to the spear; belonging to auctions; auction- hastātus adj. armed with a spear; the first line of a Roman army drawn up in order of battle;… hastīle the shaft of a spear; javelin; A spear; a piece of wood in the form of a shaft;… hastŭla A little spear; A little branch; a plant; called also; asphodel Hatĕrĭānus adj. belonging to Haterius hau interj. Oh! ah! hau haud adv. not at all; by no means;; advv; N. cr; adjj hauddum haurĭo v. a. imperf; supin; to draw up; out; to draw haurītōrĭŭm a bucket haurītus haustor a drawer; water-drawer; he who fills casks with wine haustrum a machine for drawing water haustus haustus a drawing; the right of drawing; a drinking; swallowing; drawing in; haut have Hĕautontīmōrūmĕnos The Self-tormentor hebdŏmăda the number seven; seven days hebdŏmădālis adj. belonging to a week; weekly hebdŏmas the number seven; seven days hebdŏmătĭcus adj. relating to the number seven; critical; decisive of one's fate Hēbē the goddess of youth; the daughter of Juno; cup-bearer to the gods; after the d… hĕbĕnĭnus adj. of ebony hĕbĕnus the ebon-tree; ebony hĕbĕo v. n. to be blunt; dull; to be dull; sluggish; inactive hĕbes adj. blunt; dull; which does not penetrate; subst; blunt tools hĕbesco v. inch. n. to grow blunt; dull; dim; faint hĕbĕtātĭo dulness; dimness hĕbĕtātrix adj. that makes dull; dim; darkening hĕbĕtesco v. inch. n. to grow dull; dim; faint hĕbĕto v. a. to make blunt; dull; to blunt; dim; deaden hĕbĕtūdo bluntness; dulness Hĕbraei the Hebrews; belonging to the Hebrews; Hebrew; fin.—Adv; in the Hebrew language hebria a wine-vessel Hĕbrus The principal river in Thrace; which rises in Mount Hœmus; and flows into the Æ… Hĕcăergē The name of Diana; One of the daughters of Boreas Hĕcălē a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus; celebrated by Callimachus Hĕcătaeus a famous historian and geographer of Miletus; son of Hegesander Hĕcătē daughter of Perses; and Asteria; sister of Latona; the presider over enchantmen… Hĕcăto a philosopher of Rhodes; pupil of Panœtius hĕcătombē a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen; a hecatomb; Dim hĕcătompŏlis having a hundred cities hĕcătompўlos adj. of a hundred gates hĕcătontas the number one hundred Hector son of Priam and Hecuba; husband of Andromache; the bravest of the Trojans; sla… Hĕcŭba the daughter of Dymas; wife of Priam; after the destruction of Troy the; slave … Hĕcўra The Stepmother hĕdĕra ivy hĕdĕrācĕus adj. of ivy; ivy-; ivy-colored; ivygreen hĕdĕrātus adj. adorned; crowned with ivy hĕdĕrĭger adj. ivy-bearing hĕdĕrōsus adj. full of ivy Hēdŏnē one of the œons of Valentinian Hēdui Hēdŭphăgētĭca the title of a poem of Ennius; hēdȳ^chrum a sweet-smelling ointment used for beautifying the skin; a cosmetic balsam Hēdўmĕles name of a musician hēdўosmos the herb wild mint hēdypnŏis a species of succory hēdysma a sweet-smelling ingredient in ointments; a perfume; balsam Hēgēsārētos a Thessalian Hēgēsĭas A Cyrenaic philosopher; A rhetorician and historian Hēgēsīnus an Academic philosopher hĕhae interj. he! he! hei interj. ah! woe!; ah me! woe is me!; Am; Br heia interj. heic adv. Hēïus a Greek proper name helcĭārĭus one who draws small vessels up the stream helcium that with; which a load is drawn; a yoke; horse-collar helcysma the dross of molten silver; silver-dross Hĕlĕna Daughter of Jupiler and Leda; sister of Castor and Pollux and of Clytemnestra; … hĕlĕnĭum a plant; the elecampane Hĕlĕnius a Latin proper name Hĕlĕnus son of Priam and Hecuba; a celebrated soothsayer hĕlēŏsĕlīnon smallage; celery hĕlĕpŏlis a besieging engine; invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes Hĕlernus a grove by the Tiber; the birthplace of Carna Helia Hēlĭăcus adj. relating to Helios Hēlĭădĕs daughters of Helios and sisters of Phaëthon; who were changed into poplars; int… hēlĭanthes the sunflower Hĕlĭcāon son of Antenor and founder of Patavium hĕlĭcē A kind of slender; flexible willow; nom. propr; The constellation of the Great … hĕlĭchrȳ^sos the herb marigold Hĕlĭcon a mountain in Bœotia; sacred to Apollo and the Muses; Zagará; belonging to Heli… hēlĭŏcallis the sunflower hēlĭŏcămīnus an apartment exposed to the sun; used as a winter abode Hēlĭŏdōrus A celebrated surgeon; A celebrated rhetorician Hēlĭŏgăbălus a Roman emperor Hēlĭŏpŏlis A city of Lower Egypt; belonging to Heliopolis; Heliopolite; an Assyrian design… hēlĭoscŏpĭon a species of hēlĭoscŏpĭos a kind of; spurge hĕlīŏsĕlīnum hēlĭŏtrŏpĭum The plant turnsole; heliotrope; A precious stone with green and brown streaks; …