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Ἑρμαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑρμαῖος Ἑρμαῖη Ἑρμαῖον

Structure: Ἑρμαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. called after Hermes
  2. of or from Hermes, gainful

Examples

  • Αἰγύπτιοσ μιαρώτατοσ τῶν ἰχθύων κάπηλοσ Ἑρμαῖοσ, ὃσ βίᾳ δέρων ῥίνασ γαλεούσ τε πωλεῖ καὶ τοὺσ λάβρακασ ἐντερεύων, ὡσ λέγουσιν ἡμῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 10 2:3)
  • "καὶ γὰρ ἡμῶν ὁ μὲν τίσ ἐστι Δίιοσ ὁ δ’ Ἀθηναῖοσ ὁ δ’ Ἀπολλώνιοσ ἢ Διονύσιοσ ἢ Ἑρμαῖοσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 2121)
  • ἐμφαίνει δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Ἑρμαῖοσ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 37 2:1)
  • ὅπου καὶ Δορύλαοσ ὁ στρατηγόσ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἔχων ἢ τὴν πορφύραν περὶ αὑτόν ἀπώλετο διὰ ταύτην, Ἑρμαῖοσ δὲ ὁ θύτησ κατεπατήθη περὶ τὰσ πύλασ. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 17 3:2)
  • Ἄρχιπποσ ἐν Ἰχθύσι μνημονεύων τῶν λαβράκων φησὶν Αἰγύπτιοσ μιαρώτατοσ τῶν ἰχθύων κάπηλοσ, Ἕρμαιοσ, ὃσ βίᾳ δέρων ῥίνασ γαλεούσ τε πωλεῖ καὶ τοὺσ λάβρακασ ἐντερεύων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 87 2:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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