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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

  • καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐνθάδε ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν οἱ περὶ τὰσ ἐργασίασ ὄντεσ ταύτασ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀλλ’ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ ἔδωκεν Στρυμόδωροσ Ἑρμαίῳ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ οἰκέτῃ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ τελευτησάσησ ἐκείνησ ἔδωκε πάλιν τὴν θυγατέρα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 46:2)
  • πρῶτοι γὰρ φεύγουσι, τὰ δὲ πολιτικὰ μένοντα ἀποθνήσκει, ὅπερ κἀπὶ τῷ Ἑρμαίῳ συνέβη. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 114:2)
  • νῦν οἶμαι ἐγὼ σοὶ ἐντετυχηκὼσ τοιούτῳ ἑρμαίῳ ἐντετυχηκέναι. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 242:3)

Related

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

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