Ἑρμῆς

See also: Ερμής

Ancient Greek

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Hermes

Alternative forms

Ἑρμᾶς (Hermâs) — Doric, Boeotian
Ἑρμάων (Hermáōn), Ἑρμάν (Hermán)
Ἑρμείας (Hermeías), Ἑρμείης (Hermeíēs) — Epic

Etymology

Uncertain origin; usually linked to ἕρμα (hérma, “heap of stones”), itself of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”). Beekes instead suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀔𐁀 (e-ma-ha).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛ̂ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)erˈme̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/

Proper noun

Ἑρμῆς • (Hermês) m (genitive Ἑρμοῦ); first declension

(Greek mythology) Hermes, a Greek god, the son of Zeus and Maia.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἑρμῆς; τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑρμῆς ho Hermês
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ toû Hermoû
Dative	τῷ Ἑρμῇ / Ἑρμέᾳ tôi Hermêi / Herméāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑρμῆν tòn Hermên
Vocative	Ἑρμῆ Hermê
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The accusative singular Ἑρμῆ (Hermê) is found in the later language

First declension of Ἑρμῆς; Ἑρμοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἑρμῆς Hermês
Genitive	Ἑρμοῦ / Ἑρμέω Hermoû / Herméō
Dative	Ἑρμῇ / Ἑρμέᾳ Hermêi / Herméāi
Accusative	Ἑρμῆν / Ἑρμέην Hermên / Herméēn
Vocative	Ἑρμῆ Hermê
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Ἑρμαῖον (Hermaîon)
ἕρμαιον (hérmaion)
Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Hermaphróditos)
Ἑρμήδιον (Hermḗdion)
Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε (Hermês epeiselḗluthe)
Ἑρμιόνη (Hermiónē)
ἑρμοδάκτυλον (hermodáktulon)
Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της (Hermokrátēs)
Ἑρμόλᾱος (Hermólāos)

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (ermēs)
Greek: Ερμής (Ermís)
→ Latin: Hermēs
→ English: Hermes
→ French: Hermès
→ Spanish: Hermes
→ Old Armenian: Հերմէս (Hermēs)
- Armenian: Հերմես (Hermes)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Ермисъ (Ermisŭ), Ермии (Ermii)
→ Russian: Герме́с (Germés)

References

“Ἑρμῆς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἑρμῆς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἑρμῆς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἑρμῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2060 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
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