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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

  • ὃσ ἤθη καὶ γλῶσσαν τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἐκμαθών, ἐπειδὴ τοὺσ γονεῖσ αὐτῷ τελευτῆσαι συνέβη, βασιλεύοντοσ ἐν Τροίᾳ Πριάμου κάθοδον αὑτῷ δοθῆναι διαπράττεται, καὶ συνδιενέγκασ τὸν πρὸσ τοὺσ Ἀχαιοὺσ πόλεμον ἁλισκομένησ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀπέπλει πάλιν εἰσ Σικελίαν σὺν Ἐλύμῳ ποιησάμενοσ τὴν φυγὴν ἐν τρισὶ ναυσὶν, ἃσ Ἀχιλλεὺσ ἔχων ὅτε τὰσ Τρωάδασ ἐληίζετο πόλεισ ἑρ́μασιν ὑφάλοισ περιπεσούσασ ἀπέβαλεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 52 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. prop

  2. defense

  3. hill

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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