Helorus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hĕlōrus (or Elōrus), i, m., = Ἔλωρος or Hĕlōrum, i, n., = Ἔλωρον,

a river on the eastern coast of Sicily , now Atellaro , al. Abisso , Verg. A. 3, 698; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90: clamosus, Sil. 14, 269: flumen Elorum, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.— At its mouth was situated the city Hĕlōrus ( El- ), i, f., Liv. 24, 35 init. ; Plin. 32, 2, 7, § 16; the vale of which was called Hĕlōrĭa Tempē , Ov. F. 4, 477; and the inhabitants , Hĕlōrīni ( El- ), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103.