Hieron

Hieron means “Hiero (Hiero II, king of Syracuse)”.

Latin word, found 62 times in the texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.35: Heraclius est Hieronis filius Syracusanus, homo in primis domi suae nobilis et ante hunc praetorem vel pecuniosissimus Syracusanorum …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 21.49.3: ad eas conspectas a Messana duodecim naues ab Hierone rege Syracusanorum missae, qui tum forte Messanae erat consulem Romanum opperiens, nullo repugnante captas naues Messanam in portum deduxerunt.

Silius Italicus, Punica 14.80: praefuerat terris Hieron, tractare sereno

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.