Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χερμάς

; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χερμάς χερμάδος

Etym.: = Homer's xerma/dion, Pind., Aesch.

Sense

Examples

  • πᾶν δὲ τὸ λοιπὸν ἄκοντεσ, ἰσήριθμόσ τε χαλάζῃ χερμὰσ καὶ ξιφέων ἐξεκόλαψε γένυσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 842)
  • Γλῆνιν παρῃονῖτισ ἀμφέχω χερμάσ, πικρῇ κατασπασθέντα κύματοσ δίνῃ, ὅτ’ ἰχθυάζετ’ ἐξ ἄκρησ ἀπορρῶγοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6931)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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