Associations to the word «Herculaneum»

Wiktionary

HERCULANEUM, proper noun. (historical) a city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin

Dictionary definition

HERCULANEUM, noun. Ancient city; now destroyed.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats