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ἕρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρμα ἕρματος

Structure: ἑρματ (Stem)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.) ei)/rw

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 νηῒ 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

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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