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|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1012.jpg}}]][[Ἑρμῆς]] -οῦ, ὁ, or say, <b class="b2">son of Maia.</b>

<b class="b2">Temple of Hermes</b>: Ἑρμαῖον, τό.

<b class="b2">Statues of Hermes</b>: Ἑρμαῖ, οἱ.

<b class="b2">Small figure of Hermes</b>: Ἑρμήδιον, τό (Ar., <b class="b2">Pax.</b> 924).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Hermes</b>: or Herma, ae, m., = [[Ἑρμῆς]] ([[Hermes]], [[Mercury]]; [[hence]] transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under [[Ἑρμῆς]]),<br /><b>I</b> a [[Hermes]] [[pillar]], [[Hermes]], a [[head]] [[carved]] on the [[top]] of a [[square]] [[pedestal]] or [[post]]; [[such]] pillars of [[Hermes]] stood, esp. in [[Athens]], in [[several]] [[public]] places and [[before]] [[private]] houses, Macr. S. 1, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 8. 138; Nep. Alcib. 3; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; Juv. 8, 53.—<br /><b>II</b> Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a [[temple]] of [[Hercules]], Hermœum.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[name]] of a [[summer]]-[[house]]: in diaetam, cui [[nomen]] est [[Hermaeum]], recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[frontier]] [[town]] of Bœotia, [[over]] [[against]] Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Hermēs</b>¹⁴ <b>([[Herma]])</b>, æ, m. ([[Ἑρμῆς]]),<br /><b>1</b> Hermès ou Mercure &#124;&#124; <b>Hermæ</b>, ārum, pl., Hermès, gaines surmontées d’une tête de Mercure ; [en gén.] bustes : Cic. Leg. 2, 65 ; Att. 1, 8, 2<br /><b>2</b> [[Hermes]] [[Trismegistus]], m., Hermès Trismégiste [dieu ou sage égyptien] : Lact. Inst. 1, 6, ou Trimaximus Amm. 21, 14, 15<br /><b>3</b> nom d’hommes : Mart. 5, 24 ; 10, 56, 7.||<b>Hermæ</b>, ārum, pl., Hermès, gaines surmontées d’une tête de Mercure ; [en gén.] bustes : Cic. Leg. 2, 65 ; Att. 1, 8, 2<br /><b>2</b> [[Hermes]] [[Trismegistus]], m., Hermès Trismégiste [dieu ou sage égyptien] : Lact. Inst. 1, 6, ou Trimaximus Amm. 21, 14, 15<br /><b>3</b> nom d’hommes : Mart. 5, 24 ; 10, 56, 7.
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{{Georges
|georg=Hermēs ([[Herma]]), ae, m. (Ἑρμης, der [[Gott]] [[Hermes]]), I) jede [[Büste]], die in [[einen]] viereckigen Fußpfeiler od. in eine [[Säule]] auslief, eine [[Herme]], [[wie]] [[sie]] [[bes]]. in Athen [[auf]] mehreren öffentlichen Plätzen und [[vor]] den Eingängen der [[Tempel]] und Häuser standen, Cic. ad Att. 1, 8, 2. Nep. Alcib. 3, 2 (an beiden Stellen Plur. Hermae): [[dafür]] [[truncus]] Hermae, Iuven. 8, 53. – II) [[Hermes]] Trimaximus (= Τριςμέγιστος, [[Beiname]] [[des]] ägyptischen [[Hermes]]), [[ein]] [[Schriftsteller]] [[des]] 2. Jahrh. [[nach]] Chr., der altägyptischen, pythagorëischen u. platonischen Ideen [[wieder]] [[Eingang]] zu [[verschaffen]] suchte, Amm. 21, 14, 5.
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