Hermes

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἑρμῆς -οῦ, ὁ, or say, son of Maia.

temple of Hermes: Ἑρμαῖον, τό.

statues of Hermes: Ἑρμαῖ, οἱ.

small figure of Hermes: Ἑρμήδιον, τό (Ar., Pax 924).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hermes: or Herma, ae, m., = Ἑρμῆς (Hermes, Mercury; hence transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under Ἑρμῆς),
I 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.—
II Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a temple of Hercules, Hermœum.
   A The name of a summer-house: in diaetam, cui nomen est Hermaeum, recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.—
   B A frontier town of Bœotia, over against Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hermēs¹⁴ (Herma), æ, m. (Ἑρμῆς),
1 Hermès ou Mercure || Hermæ, ārum, pl., Hermès, gaines surmontées d’une tête de Mercure ; [en gén.] bustes : Cic. Leg. 2, 65 ; Att. 1, 8, 2
2 Hermes Trismegistus, m., Hermès Trismégiste [dieu ou sage égyptien] : Lact. Inst. 1, 6, ou Trimaximus Amm. 21, 14, 15
3 nom d’hommes : Mart. 5, 24 ; 10, 56, 7.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hermēs (Herma), ae, m. (Ἑρμῆς, 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.

Wikipedia EN

Hermes (/ˈhɜːrmiːz/; Greek: Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine, aided by his winged sandals. Hermes plays the role of the psychopomp or "soul guide" — a conductor of souls into the afterlife.

In myth, Hermes functioned as the emissary and messenger of the gods, and was often presented as the son of Zeus and Maia, the Pleiad. He is regarded as "the divine trickster," for which Homer offers the most popular account in his Hymn to Hermes.

His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster, the tortoise, satchel or pouch, talaria (winged sandals), and winged helmet or simple petasos, as well as the palm tree, goat, the number four, several kinds of fish, and incense. However, his main symbol is the caduceus, a winged staff intertwined with two snakes copulating and carvings of the other gods. His attributes had previously influenced the earlier Etruscan god Turms, a name borrowed from the Greek "herma".

In Roman mythology, Hermes was known as Mercury, a name derived from the Latin merx, meaning "merchandise," and the origin of the words "merchant" and "commerce."

Translations

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