Ἑρμῆς
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ, nom.
A Ἑρμῆς Od.5.54, etc.: acc. Ἑρμῆν 8.334, etc., Ion. Ἑρμέην Hdt.5.7, late Ἑρμῆ CIG5094 (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., IG5(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 AP7.480 (Leon.); dat. Ἑρμείᾳ IG12.631 (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, AP4.3b.64 (Agath.):—contr. Ἑρμάν(not ἑρμην-ᾶν), ᾶνος, Call.Fr.32 P., IG5(2).360, al.(Arc.),ib.5(1).1390.33 (Andania, i B.C.),Supp.Epigr. 2.165 (Laconia) : Thess. dat. Ἑρμαίου IG9(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 IG12(8).188.14 (Samothrace) ; as a decorative piece, with two faces, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht117: 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.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, Schwyzer694 (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.2.502f. 5 τὸ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον, like 'Fortunatus' cap', Arr.Epict.3.20.12. 6Ἑρμοῦ βοτάνιον, Ἑρμοῦ πόα,=λινόζωστις, Dsc.4.189, Plin.HN25.38.
