Hermeracles

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Menander, Monostichoi, 373

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hermēracles: is, m., = Ἑρμῆς-Ἡρακλῆς,
I a double bust of Mercury and Hercules, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hermērāclēs, is, m. (Ἑρμηρακλῆς), buste représentant à la fois Mercure et Hercule : Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hermērāclēs, is, m. (Ἑρμηρακλης), Merkur u. Herkules auf einem Postamente stehend, Akk. Plur. Hermeracles, Cic. ad Att. 1, 10, 3.

Wikipedia EN

Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece.
Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece

A herma (Ancient Greek: ἑρμῆς, pl. ἑρμαῖ hermai), commonly herm in English, is a sculpture with a head and perhaps a torso above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height. Hermae were so called either because the head of Hermes was most common or from their etymological connection with the Greek word ἕρματα (blocks of stone), which originally had no reference to Hermes at all. The form originated in ancient Greece, and was adopted by the Romans, and revived at the Renaissance in the form of term figures and atlantes.