Hercŭlānĕum (Hercŭlānĭum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; but the modern form Herculanum is not Lat.; in Cic. Att. 7, 3, 1, read Aeculanum; v. Orell. ad loc.), ĕi, n., = Ἡράκλειον,
I a town of Campania , situated on the sea-coast , between Naples and Pompeii , and buried along with the latter city by an eruption of Vesuvius , A. D. 79, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; Sisenn. ap. Non. 207, 9; Liv. 10, 45; Vell. 2, 16, 2; Sen. Q. N. 6, 26 fin. ; Flor. 1, 16.—
II Derivv.
A Her-cŭlānĕus ( -lanus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Herculaneum , Herculanean : via, Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; Plin. 15, 18, 18, § 72; Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16.—Form Herculanus: ficus, Cato R. R. 8, 1: via, Flor. 4, 8, 6.—
B Hercŭlānensis , e, adj., the same: fundus, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3; for which absol. : villa in Herculanensi, in the vicinity of Herculaneum , Sen. de Ira, 3, 22. —Subst.: Hercŭlānenses , ĭum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Herculaneum , Herculaneans , Inscr. Grut. 439, 6.