Hieronymus

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

Hĭĕrōnymus, i, m., = Ἱερώνυμος.

I a ruler of Syracuse , the grandson and successor of the younger Hiero , Liv. 24, 4 sq. —

II A Greek peripatetic philosopher of Rhodes , Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 8; 5, 5, 14; id. Tusc. 2, 6, 15; 5, 30, 84; 5, 31, 87 sq.; 5, 41, 118.—

III Jerome , a celebrated father of the Church in the fifth century of the Christian era , Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 8.