Ἑρμῆς

See also: Ερμής

Ancient Greek

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

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛ̂ːs/ → /erˈmis/ → /erˈmis/

• (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

1. (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
• LSJ

Further reading

• http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Hermes.html