Ἑρμῆς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ἑρμοῦ, ὁ, nom.<br><span class="bld">A</span> Ἑρμῆς Od.5.54, etc.: acc. Ἑρμῆν 8.334, etc., Ion. [[Ἑρμέην]] [[Herodotus|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, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.7, etc.; lengthened 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[pillar]] [[surmount]]ed 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 Bericht''117: Ἑρμῆς [[τρικέφαλος]], [[τετρακέφαλος]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[Ἑρμαῖ]]· παραφυάδια δένδρων ἄχρηστα, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[cake]] in the shape of a [[κηρυκεῖον]], Schwyzer694 (Chios, iv B.C.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[proverb|prov.]] and phrases:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[Ἑρμῆν ἕλκειν]] = to [[make a last effort]], from the parting [[cup]] at a [[feast]] being drunk [[to]] [[Hermes]], Stratt.22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[κοινὸς Ἑρμῆς]] = [[shares in your luck]]! Arist. Rh.1401a21, Thphr.Char.30.9, Men.Epit.67,etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἐν τῷ λίθῳ Ἑρμῆς]], of the actual potentially in the [[material]], Arist.Metaph.1002a22,1017b7.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε]] = '[[Hermes is come in]]', a saying used when [[conversation]] suddenly [[cease]]d, Plu.2.502f.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[τὸ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον]], like '[[Fortunatus]]' [[cap]], Arr.Epict.3.20.12.<br><span class="bld">6</span>[[Ἑρμοῦ βοτάνιον]], [[Ἑρμοῦ πόα]] = [[λινόζωστις]] ([[mercury]], [[Mercurialis annua]], [[dog's mercury]], [[Mercurialis perennis]]), Dsc.4.189, Plin.HN25.38.