Hĭĕro, ōnis, m., = Ἱέρων.
I Ruler of Syracuse , a friend of the poet Simonides , Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; 3, 34, 83.—
II A son of Hierocles , and ruler of Syracuse in the latter half of the third century B.C. , a friend of the Romans , Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 49; Liv. 21, 49; 22, 37; 24, 4; 26, 40; Just. 23, 4, 1; Sil. 14, 80.—Deriv. Hĭĕrōnĭcus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Hiero : lex frumontaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 sq.; 2, 2, 60, § 147; 2, 3, 6, § 14 sq.