Herculaneum
noun
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
Herculanean
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a word derived from
Herculaneum.
Example Sentences
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It is said that the works of Epicurus are probably amongst the Herculanean manuscripts.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
He brought down the licenses on saloons and bad housen a sight, and made almost Herculanean efforts to have saloons scattered broadcast through the country without any license to pay.
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley
See article on "Herculanean Papyri," in Edinburgh Review, October, 1862.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
I sat with him in his little chamber at the Roost, and watched the antiquarian patience and perseverance with which he deciphered those venerable Dutch documents, worse than Herculanean manuscripts.
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Washington Irving
He left the Herculanean pictures under their rubbish, and hastened, as quickly as gratitude allowed, back to the letter of his father, who so seldom sent such a favor.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
