ἕρμαιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[gift]] of [[Hermes]], i.e. [[unexpected piece of luck]], [[godsend]], [[windfall]], [[treasure-trove]] (cf. [[Ἑρμῆς]] II), S.''Ant.''397; [[ἕρμαιον ἂν ἦν τινι]] c. inf., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 107c, ''R.''368d; ἕρμαιον ἂν εἴη ἡμῖν, εἰ.. Id.''Smp.''176c; ἑρμαίῳ ἐντετυχηκέναι Id.''Grg.''386e; [[ἕρμαιον ἡγήσασθαι]], [[ποιεῖσθαί]] τι, Id.''Smp.'' 217a, ''Grg.''489c; νομίζειν D.38.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἕρμαξ]], Sch.Od.16.471.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[barrow]], [[tomb]], ''Papersof Amer. School'' 3 Nos.501,585 (Tymandos).<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[ἠρύγγη]], Ps.-Dsc.3.21; = [[ἀλόη]], ib.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[Ἕρμαια]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]), τά, [[festival]] of [[Hermes]], Pl.''Ly.''206d, Aeschin.1.10, ''IG''22.1227 (ii B.C.), Durrbach ''Choix d' inscrr. de Délos'' 117 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[Ἕρμαιον]], τό, [[temple]] of [[Hermes]], ''SIG''546 ''B''6 (Melitaea, iii B.C.), ''Schwyzer''709 (Ephesus, iii B. C.), al. (Prop. neut. of [[Ἑρμαῖος]], but as [[substantive]] proparox., Hdn.Gr.1.369.)