Hermes
proper nounnounattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈhɝmiːz//
The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
proper noun
- 1
The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
- 2
The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
- 3
The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).
noun
- 1
A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.
Forms
- plural
- Hermae
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Hermes · The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
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