Hora

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

Hō̆ra, ae, f. [perh. an old form for hĕra, lady],

the wife of Quirinus ( Romulus ), who was worshipped as a goddess (called, before her death, Hersilia, Ov. M. 14, 830): Quirine pater, veneror, Horamque Quirini, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 2 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): Hora Quirini, Gell. 13, 22, 2; cf.: pariter cum corpore nomen Mutat Horamque vocat, Ov. M. 14, 851.

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