Hermes

See also: hermes and Hermès

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to bind, put together).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝmiːz/

Proper noun

Hermes

Hermes

  1. (Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
  2. (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Noun

Hermes (plural Hermae)

  1. (art) A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.

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Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.məs/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈer.məs/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.mes/

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. Hermes

Czech

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. Hermes

Further reading

  • Hermes in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Hermes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Proper noun

Hermes

  1. Hermes (Greek god)

Declension

Inflection of Hermes (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative Hermes
genitive Hermeen
partitive Hermestä
illative Hermeeseen
singular plural
nominative Hermes
accusative nom. Hermes
gen. Hermeen
genitive Hermeen
partitive Hermestä
inessive Hermeessä
elative Hermeestä
illative Hermeeseen
adessive Hermeellä
ablative Hermeeltä
allative Hermeelle
essive Hermeenä
translative Hermeeksi
instructive
abessive Hermeettä
comitative

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. Hermes

German

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Herma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.meːs/, [ˈhɛr.meːs]

Noun

Hermēs m (variously declined, genitive Hermae or Hermētis); first declension, third declension

  1. Hermes.
  2. A rectangular pillar or pedestal bearing a bust; a herm.
  3. Hermes Trismegistus.

Declension

The first declension paradigm applies to all senses. The third declension paradigm is an exception that comes from Medieval Latin and is principally used to decline the name of Hermes Trismegistus when there is a wish to congrue with established Medieval Latin derivations such as hermeticus; but note that the figure of Hermes Trismegistus dates back to Antiquity, and that the existence of this special grammatical treatment has no parallel in Greek.

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Hermēs Hermae
Genitive Hermae Hermārum
Dative Hermae Hermīs
Accusative Hermēn Hermās
Ablative Hermē Hermīs
Vocative Hermē Hermae

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Hermēs
Genitive Hermētis
Dative Hermētī
Accusative Hermētem
Ablative Hermēte
Vocative Hermēs

Derived terms

  • Hermaeum
  • hermēticus (in connection with sense 3)

References

  • Hermes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hermes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛr.mɛs/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Declension


Portuguese

Hermes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of unknown meaning and origin.

Noun

Hermes m

  1. (Greek mythology) Hermes (messenger of the gods)
  2. A male given name

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Proper noun

Hermes m

  1. Hermes
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