ἕρμαιον: Difference between revisions

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