hercle

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.kle/, [ˈhɛrkɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.kle/, [ˈɛrkle]

Interjection

hercle

1. Contraction of hercule (“by Hercules!; assuredly!, indeed!”).

Related terms

• mēhercle

References

• “hercle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hercle”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hercle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.