Ἑρμῆς

Ἑρμῆς, οῦ, ὁ, nom.

A

Ἑρμῆς Od.5.54

, etc.: acc.

Ἑρμῆν 8.334

, etc., [dialect] Ion.

Ἑρμέην Hdt.5.7

, late

Ἑρμῆ CIG5094

([place name] Nubia): dat.

Ἑρμῇ Od.14.435

,

Ἑρμέᾳ Il.5.390

: voc.

Ἑρμῆ h.Hom.18.12

, A.Pers.629, Eu.90: [dialect] Ep. gen.

Ἑρμέω h.Merc.413

, h.Ven.148, Hdt.5.7, etc.; lengthd.

Ἑρμείω Il.15.214

:—[dialect] Ep. nom. [full] Ἑρμείας, Od.1.42, al., IG5(2).558 (Arc.), acc.

-αν Od.1.38

, 5.28, al.; later [full] 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.:—[dialect] Boeot. and [dialect] Dor. nom. [full] Ἑρμᾶς, gen. ᾶ, Corinn. Supp.2.57, Pi.P.2.10, etc., voc.

Ἑρμᾶ A.Fr.384

, acc. Ἑρμᾶν ib.273: also [full] Ἑρμάων [pron. full] [ᾱ], Hes. Fr.23, Bion Fr.7. 8, AP4.3b.64 (Agath.):—[var] contr. [full] Ἑρμάν(not [suff] 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 ([place name] 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

([place name] 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.