Έρμαιών

Ἕρμαιον

gift of: neut gen pl

Ἕρμαιος

masc gen pl

Ἑρμαί̱ων, Ἑρμαῖος

fem gen pl

Ἑρμαί̱ων, Ἑρμαῖος

masc /neut gen pl

Ἕρμαιον

gift of: neut gen pl

Ἕρμαιος

masc gen pl

Ἑρμαί̱ων, Ἑρμαῖος

fem gen pl

Ἑρμαί̱ων, Ἑρμαῖος

masc /neut gen pl

ἕρμαιον

gift of: neut gen pl

ἑρμαῖος

called after: fem gen pl

ἑρμαῖος

called after: masc /neut gen pl

ἕρμαιον

gift of: neut gen pl

ἑρμαῖος

called after: fem gen pl

ἑρμαῖος

called after: masc /neut gen pl

ἑρμ-αιών, ῶνος, ὁ,name of a month at Halicarnassus, SIG45.4 (v B. C.); in Ceos, IG22.1128.

ἑρμ-αῖος, α, ον,

A called after Hermes, Ἑ. λόφος, in Ithaca, Od.16.471 (expl. as = ἕρμαξ by Sch. ad loc.);

Ἑ. λέπας Λήμνου A.Ag. 283

, cf. S.Ph. 1459 (anap.).

2 of Hermes, Λύρη, the constellation Lyra, Arat.674; Ἑρμαῖος, ὁ (sc. μήν), month at Argos, etc., Polyaen.8.33; in Boeotia, IG7.289, al.; in the Aetolian league, GDI1745, al.; cf. Ἑρμαιών.

3 gainful,

δαιμόνων δόσις A. Eu. 947

.

4 fem. [full] Ἑρμαΐς, ίδος, ἡ

, κρήνη Hp.Ep.17

.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia; also `Hermes-pillar, -head' (Il.)

Other forms: Έρμείας, - έας, Έρμείης (Call.), Έρμᾶς (Dor. Boeot.), Έρμάων (Hes.), Έρμάν, - ᾶνος (Lac. Arc.), Έρμάου, - άο, -ᾶ (Thess. dat.), Έρμαον (Cret. acc.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. E-ma-a₂ (dat.)

Compounds: As 1. member z. B. in ἑρμο-γλυφεῖον (Pl.) with retrograde ἑρμογλυ-φεύς, - ικός, - ος (Luc. a. o.), s. γλύφω.

Derivatives: Hypocoristic dimin. Έρμίδιον (Ar.), - άδιον (Luc.; also `small Hermespillar' [Lydia]), after the nouns in - ίδιον, - άδιον. `Ερμαῖος `belonging to H., of H.', also as name of a month (A., S.; prob. also Ερμαῖος λόφος π 471, if not from 1. ἕρμα; s. below); ntr. Ε῝ρμαιον `Hermestemple' (Ephesos.; on the accent Hdn. Gr. 1, 369), pl. Ε῝ρμαια ( ἱερά) `H.-feast' (Att.); as appellative ἕρμαιον n. "Hermes-gift", i. e. `chance-find, unexpected advanrage' (Pl., S.); also plant-name (Stromberg Pflanzennamen 129); f. Έρμαΐς (Hp.); Έρμαιών name of a month (Halicarn., Keos); Έρμαϊσταί pl. name of the H.-adorers, Mercuriales (Rhodos, Kos, Delos), cf. e. g. Άπολλωνιασταί and Chantraine Formation 317; Έρμαϊκός (late). Έρμεῖα pl. meaning uncertain (Str. 8, 3, 12).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Έρμῆς \< Έρμέας \< Έρμείας (Aeol.; cf. Αἰνείας a. o.; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 20; after Solmsen Wortforsch. 240 n. 1, Schwyzer 562 however - είας \< - έας as metr. lengthening) and Έρμάν from Έρμάων for *Έρμά̄Ϝων (like ΠοσειδάϜων a. o.) represent two diff. types of name. The latter is rejected by Myc. emaa₂, \/Hermāhās\/. - The derivation from K. O. Müller, accepted a. o. by von Wilamowitz ( Glaube 1, 159 and 285) and Nilsson (Gr. Rel. 1, 503f.), proposing connection with 1. ἕρμα, is linguistically (Schwyzer 562 n. 1) possible; both Έρμ-είας and Έρμ-ά(Ϝ)ων seem to be normal types of name that can be combined with ἕρμα. In this view Έρμῆς would have been named after "the pillar which represents him" (Wil.) or simply "he of the heaps of stone" (Nilsson). But ἕρμα does not mean pillar nor does not mean `heap of stones' (therefore ἕρμαξ, ἑρμεών); also ἑρμαῖος λόφος π 471 can indicate only the heap of ἕρματα. - The resemblance with ἑρμηνεύς induced Boßhardt Die Nomina auf - ευς 36f. (with doubtful linguistic analysis) to consider Έρμῆς, "the companion of gods and men", as the the primeval interpreter projected under the gods"; the appellative Έρμῆς would itself be Pre-Greek; thus also Schwyzer 62, Chantraine Formation 125. - The Myc. form shows that it is an unanalysable Pre-Greek name. See Ruijgh, REG (1967) 12.

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