ἕρμαξ
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ἡ, (ἕρμα)
A heap of stones, cairn, Nic.Th.150; λίθακές τε καὶ ἕρμακες Epic. in Arch.Pap.7.10. II = ἕρμα 1.2, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἕρμαξ: -ᾰκος, ἡ, (ἐκ τοῦ ἕρμα, πρβλ. λίθαξ), σωρὸς λίθων, συσσωρευόμενος περὶ τὸ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἄγαλμα τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ κατὰ παλαιὰν συνήθειαν, καθ’ ἣν ἕκαστος διαβάτης διερχόμενος ἔρριπτεν ἕνα λίθον εἰς τὸν σωρόν, Νικ. Θ.150 πρβλ. Ἑρμαῖος, Ἐρμεῖον. ΙΙ. Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἕρμακες· αἱ ὕφαλοι πέτραι».
