Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ἑρμῆς

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Principal Part: Ἑρμῆς

Sense

  1. Hermes, shares in your luck!

Examples

  • ἔπειτα δ’ ἡ Ἶρισ καὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ ὄντεσ ὑπηρέται καὶ ἀγγελιαφόροι τοῦ Διόσ, ἑξῆσ δὲ τοῦ Ἡφαίστου τὸ χαλκεῖον ἀνάμεστον ἁπάσησ τέχνησ, μετὰ δὲ αἱ τῶν θεῶν οἰκίαι καὶ τοῦ Διὸσ τὰ βασίλεια, ταῦτα πάντα περικαλλῆ τοῦ Ἡφαίστου κατασκευάσαντοσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 8:5)
  • ὁπόταν δὲ κηρύξῃ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ, ἥκετε κομίζοντεσ ἕκαστοσ ἐναργῆ τὰ γνωρίσματα καὶ σαφεῖσ τὰσ ἀποδείξεισ, πατρὸσ ὄνομα καὶ μητρόσ, καὶ ὅθεν καὶ ὅπωσ θεὸσ ἐγένετο, καὶ φυλὴν καὶ φράτορασ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 19:5)
  • τοῖα δὲ δειμαίνοντα θέσκελοσ Ἑρμῆσ· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 163)
  • ὁ δὲ Ἑρμῆσ βραδύνει, πάλαι παρεῖναι δέον κενὸν γοῦν ἐπιβατῶν, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, ἔστι τὸ πορθμεῖον τρὶσ ἤδη τήμερον ἀναπεπλευκέναι δυνάμενον καὶ σχεδὸν ἀμφὶ βουλυτόν ἐστιν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ οὐδέπω οὐδὲ ὀβολὸν ἐμπεπολήκαμεν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 1:3)
  • ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὤμουσ, εἰ δοκεῖ, τοῦ τυράννου, καλῶσ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ ἐνενόησεν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 19:2)

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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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