LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Mŏlorchus

Meaning

  1. a poor vine-dresser near Nemea, who hospitably entertained Hercules when about to slay the lion of that place

Mŏlorchus, i, m.,
I. a poor vine-dresser near Nemea, who hospitably entertained Hercules when about to slay the lion of that place, Stat. S. 3, 1, 29; 4, 6, 51; id. Th. 4, 160; Mart. 4, 64, 30.—Poet.: Alpheum linquens lucosque Molorchi, i. e. the Nemean Forest, Verg. G. 3, 19.—Hence, Mŏlor-chaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Molorchus (poet.), Tib. 4, 1, 13.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyMolorchusMolorchus (Μόλορχος), the mythical founder of Molorchia, near Nemea, was a poor man of Cleonae, who hospitably received Heracles when he went out to s…

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What does Mŏlorchus mean in Latin?
Mŏlorchus, a proper noun, means “a poor vine-dresser near Nemea, who hospitably entertained Hercules when about to slay the lion of that place”.