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ἕρμαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρμαιον ἕρμαιου

Structure: ἑρμαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a god-send, wind-fall, a gift of the god, a feast of Hermes

Declension

Second 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

  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζον ἡμῶν, ἀλλ’ ὑποβαρβαρίζοντεσ ἠγανάκτουν τε καὶ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἐκάλουν, ἀλλ’ ἐδόκουν ἡμῖν ὑποπεπωκότεσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἑρμαίοισ ἄποροι εἶναι προσφέρεσθαι, ἡττηθέντεσ οὖν αὐτῶν διελύσαμεν τὴν συνουσίαν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 209:5)
  • Ἑρμαίοισ ἡμῖν Ἀφροδίσιοσ ἓξ χόασ οἴνου αἴρων, προσκόψασ πένθοσ ἔθηκε μέγα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 11)
  • καὶ οἱ γυμνασιάρχαι τοῖσ Ἑρμαίοισ μὴ εἄτωσαν συγκαθιέναι μηδένα τῶν ἐν ἡλικίᾳ τρόπῳ μηδενί· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 12 1:3)

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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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