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ἕρμα?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: herma

Principal Part: ἕρμα ἕρματος

Structure: ἑρματ (Stem)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.) εἴρω

Sense

  1. prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship)
  2. defense, cause
  3. reef, rock
  4. hill
  5. pendant of the ear, earring

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χθὲς γάρ, ὡς ἴστε, Μνησιθέου τοῦ ναυκλήρου θύσαντος τὰ σωτήρια ἐπὶ τῇ νηϊ` ὀλίγου δεῖν ἀπολομένῃ περὶ τὸν Καφηρέα, εἱστιώμεθα ἐν Πειραιεῖ, ὁπόσους ἡμῶν ὁ Μνησίθεος ἐπὶ τὴν θυσίαν ἐκάλεσεν εἶτα μετὰ τὰς σπονδὰς ὑμεῖς μὲν ἄλλος ἄλλην ἐτράπεσθε, ὡς ἑκάστῳ ἔδοξεν, ἐγὼ δὲ - οὐδέπω γὰρ πάνυ ὀψὲ ἦν - ἀνῆλθον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ὡς περιπατήσαιμι τὸ δειλινὸν ἐν Κεραμεικῷ, ἐννοῶν ἅμα τοῦ Μνησιθέου τὴν μικρολογίαν, ὃς ἑκκαίδεκα θεοὺς ἑστιῶν ἀλεκτρυόνα μόνον κατέθυσε, γέροντα κἀκεῖνον ἤδη καὶ κορυξῶντα, καὶ λιβανωτοῦ χόνδρους τέτταρας εὖ μάλα εὐρωτιῶντας, ὡς αὐτίκα ἐπισβεσθῆναι τῷ ἄνθρακι, μηδὲ ὅσον ἄκρᾳ τῇ ῥινὶ ὀσφραίνεσθαι τοῦ καπνοῦ παρασχόντας, καὶ ταῦτα ἑκατόμβας ὅλας ὑποσχόμενος ὁπότε ἡ ναῦς ἤδη προσεφέρετο τῷ σκοπέλῳ καὶ ἐντὸς ἦν τῶν ἑρμάτων. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 15:6)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ Ἀμορραῖος ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐκείνῳ εἰς συνάντησιν ὑμῖν καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὑμᾶς, ὡσεὶ ποιήσαισαν αἱ μέλισσαι, καὶ ἐτίτρωσκον ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ Σηεὶρ ἕως Ἑρμᾶ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:44)
  • καὶ Ἐλβωϋδὰδ καὶ Βαιθὴλ καὶ Ἑρμᾶ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:30)
  • καὶ Ἐλθουλὰ καὶ Βουλὰ καὶ Ἑρμᾶ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 19:4)
  • καὶ ἐν Βαθουὴλ καὶ ἐν Ἑρμὰ καὶ ἐν Σικελὰγ (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 4:30)
  • Ἑρμᾶ μπολαῖε τὰν γυναῖκα τὰν ἐμὰν οὕτω μ ἀποδόσθαι τάν τ ἐμωυτῶ τ ἐμωυτῶ ματέρα. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, lyric 2:29)

Synonyms

  1. prop

  2. defense

  3. hill

Related

명사

형용사

동사

부사

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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