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Ἑρμῆς

Ἑρμῆς, Ἑρμῆς, the god Hermes (Roman Mercury); herm (pillar surmounted by a bust, usually with male genitals on the pillar, set up by the door to ward off evil)

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ἑρμαῖς masculine dative plural of Ἑρμῆς

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Ἑρμῆς, οῦ, ὁ, nom. Ἑρμῆς Od. 5.54, etc.: acc. Ἑρμῆν 8.334, etc., Ion. Ἑρμέην Hdt. 5.7, late Ἑρμῆ CIG 5094 (Nubia): dat. Ἑρμῇ Od. 14.435, Ἑρμέᾳ Il. 5.390: voc. Ἑρμῆ h.Hom. 18.12, A. Pers. 629, Eu. 90: Ep. gen. Ἑρμέω h.Merc. 413, h.Ven. 148, Hdt. 5.7, etc.; lengthd. Ἑρμείω Il. 15.214:—Ep. nom. Ἑρμείας, Od. 1.42, al., IG 5(2).558 (Arc.), acc. -αν Od. 1.38, 5.28, al.; later Ἑρμείης, Call. Dian. 69, etc.; gen. Ἑρμείαο Od. 12.390, 15.319, Ἑρμεία AP 7.480 (Leon.); dat. Ἑρμείᾳ IG 1(2).631 (vi B. C.); voc. Ἑρμεία Od. 5.29, al.:—Boeot. and Dor. nom. Ἑρμᾶς, gen. ᾶ, Corinn. Supp. 2.57, Pi. P. 2.10, etc., voc. Ἑρμᾶ A. Fr. 384, acc. Ἑρμᾶν ib. 273: also Ἑρμάων [ᾱ], Hes. Fr. 23, Bion Fr. 7. 8, AP 4.3b.64 [110] (Agath.):—contr. Ἑρμάν (not ἑρμᾶν), ᾶνος, Call. Fr. 32 P., IG 5(2).360, al. (Arc.), ib. 5(1).1390.33 (Andania, i B.C.),Supp.Epigr. 2.165 (Laconia): Thess. dat. Ἑρμαίου IG 9(2).716 (dub.), Ἑρμάου ib. 715, al., Ἑρμάο ib. 471, Ἑρμᾶ ib. 356: Cret. acc. Ἑρμάον Schwyzer 179a:—
  • Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia, Od. 5.28, 14.435, Hes. Th. 938, etc.
      • 2 pillar surmounted by bust, at Athens and elsewhere, And. 1.37, Th. 6.27, etc.; τῶν ἱερῶν Ἑρμῶν IG 12(8).188.14 (Samothrace); as a decorative piece, with two faces, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht 117: Ἑ. τρικέφαλος, τετρακέφαλος, Hsch.
      • 3 ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ the planet Mercury, Pl. Ti. 38d, Epin. 987b, Arist. Mete. 342b33, Metaph. 1073b32, Thphr. Sign. 46, etc.: later Ἑρμῆς, ὁ, in same sense, Placit. 2.32.1, Plu. An.procr. 2.1028b, Cleom. 2.7: hence, Ἑρμοῦ ἡμέρα D.C. 37.19.
      • 4 Ἑρμαῖ· παραφυάδια δένδρων ἄχρηστα, Hsch.
      • 5 cake in the shape of a κηρυκεῖον, Schwyzer 694 (Chios, iv B.C.), Hsch.
    • II prov. and phrases:
      • 1 Ἑρμῆν ἕλκειν to make a last effort, from the parting cup at a feast being drunk to Hermes, Stratt. 22.
      • 2 κοινὸς Ἑρμῆς shares in your luck ! Arist. Rh. 1401a21, Thphr. Char. 30.9, Men. Epit. 67, etc.
      • 3 ἐν τῷ λίθῳ Ἑρμῆς, of the actual potentially in the material, Arist. Metaph. 1002a22, 1017b7.
      • 4 Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε ‘Hermes is come in’, a saying used when conversation suddenly ceased, Plu. Garr. 2.502f.
      • 5 τὸ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον, like ‘Fortunatus’ cap’, Arr. Epict. 3.20.12.
      • 6 Ἑρμοῦ βοτάνιον, Ἑρμοῦ πόα, = λινόζωστις, Dsc. 4.189, Plin. HN 25.38.

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