Ἑρμῆς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, nom. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Ἑρμῆς <span class="bibl">Od.5.54</span>, etc.: acc. Ἑρμῆν <span class="bibl">8.334</span>, etc., Ion. Ἑρμέην <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.7</span>, late Ἑρμῆ <span class="title">CIG</span>5094 (Nubia): dat. Ἑρμῇ <span class="bibl">Od.14.435</span>, Ἑρμέᾳ <span class="bibl">Il.5.390</span>: voc. Ἑρμῆ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>18.12</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>629</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>90</span>: Ep. gen. Ἑρμέω <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>413</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>148</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.7</span>, etc.; lengthd. Ἑρμείω <span class="bibl">Il.15.214</span>:—Ep. nom. Ἑρμείας, <span class="bibl">Od.1.42</span>, al., <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).558 (Arc.), acc. -αν <span class="bibl">Od.1.38</span>, <span class="bibl">5.28</span>, al.; later Ἑρμείης, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>69</span>, etc.; gen. Ἑρμείαο <span class="bibl">Od.12.390</span>, <span class="bibl">15.319</span>, Ἑρμεία <span class="title">AP</span>7.480 (Leon.); dat. Ἑρμείᾳ <span class="title">IG</span>12.631 (vi B. C.); voc. Ἑρμεία <span class="bibl">Od.5.29</span>, al.:—Boeot. and Dor. nom. Ἑρμᾶς, gen. ᾶ, Corinn. <span class="title">Supp.</span>2.57, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.10</span>, etc., voc. Ἑρμᾶ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>384</span>, acc. <b class="b3">Ἑρμᾶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">273</span>: also Ἑρμάων [ᾱ], <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Fr.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Bion <span class="title">Fr.</span>7</span>. <span class="bibl">8</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>4.3b.64 (Agath.):—contr. Ἑρμάν(not ἑρμην-ᾶν), ᾶνος, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>32</span> P., <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).360, al.(Arc.),ib.<span class="bibl">5(1).1390.33</span> (Andania, i B.C.),<span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span> 2.165 (Laconia) : Thess. dat. Ἑρμαίου <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).716 (dub.), <b class="b3">Ἑρμάου</b> ib. 715, al., <b class="b3">Ἑρμάο</b> ib.471, <b class="b3">Ἑρμᾶ</b> ib.356 : Cret. acc. Ἑρμάον <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 179a:—<span class="title">Hermes,</span> son of Zeus and Maia, <span class="bibl">Od.5.28</span>, <span class="bibl">14.435</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 938</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">pillar surmounted by bust</b>, at Athens and elsewhere, <span class="bibl">And.1.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.27</span>, etc.; τῶν ἱερῶν Ἑρμῶν <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).188.14 (Samothrace) ; as a decorative piece, with two faces, Keil-Premerstein <b class="b2">Dritter Bericht</b>117: <b class="b3">Ἑ. τρικέφαλος, τετρακέφαλος</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ</b> the planet <b class="b2">Mercury</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>38d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epin.</span>987b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 342b33</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1073b32</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>46</span>, etc.: later <b class="b3">Ἑρμῆς, ὁ,</b> in same sense, <span class="title">Placit.</span>2.32.1, Plu.2.1028b, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.7</span> : hence, Ἑρμοῦ ἡμέρα <span class="bibl">D.C.37.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">Ἑρμαῖ· παραφυάδια δένδρων ἄχρηστα</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">cake</b> in the shape of a <b class="b3">κηρυκεῖον</b>, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>694 (Chios, iv B.C.), Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> prov. and phrases : </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">Ἑρμῆν ἕλκειν</b> to <b class="b2">make a last effort</b>, from the parting cup at a feast being drunk <b class="b2">to</b> Hermes, <span class="bibl">Stratt.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> κοινὸς Ἑρμῆς <b class="b2">shares in your luck !</b> <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1401a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>30.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>67</span>,etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ λίθῳ Ἑρμῆς</b>, of the actual potentially in the material, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1002a22</span>,<span class="bibl">1017b7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε</b> <b class="b2">'Hermes</b> is come in', a saying used when conversation suddenly ceased, Plu.2.502f. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">τὸ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον</b>, like 'Fortunatus' cap', <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.20.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span><b class="b3">Ἑρμοῦ βοτάνιον, Ἑρμοῦ πόα</b>,=<b class="b3">λινόζωστις</b>, Dsc.4.189, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>25.38</span>.</span>

|auten=gen. Ἑρμαίᾶο and Ἑρμείω, dat. Ἑρμῇ and Ἑρμέᾷ, acc. Ἑρμῆν and Ἑρμείᾶν, voc. Ἑρμείᾶ: [[Hermes]] (Mercurius), [[son]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Maia]], Od. 14.435; [[messenger]] of the gods, [[guide]] of mortals (of [[Priam]], Il. 24.457), and [[conductor]] of the shades of the [[dead]]; his [[winged]] sandals and [[magic]] [[wand]], Od. 5.44 ff. Epithets, [[ἀκάκητα]], [[ἐριούνιος]], [[ἐύσκοπος]], [[σῶκος]], χρῦσόρραπις, [[διάκτορος]], [[Ἀργεϊφόντης]].