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(uncountable,Romanmythology)Hercules(Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength; most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family)
(uncountable)Hercules(summer constellation of the northern sky, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis, said to resemble the mythical hero)
“Herkules”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024