Hermes

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝmiːz/ === Proper noun === Hermes (Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes. (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star. ==== Synonyms ==== (Roman mythology) Mercury ==== Antonyms ==== (astronomy) Apollo ==== Derived terms ==== Hermesian ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Hermes (plural Hermae) (art) A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced. === See also === (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus Mercury Hermia Hermione === Anagrams === herems, rehems, rhemes, shmeer == Catalan == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈer.məs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈeɾ.mes] === Proper noun === Hermes m Hermes == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrmɛs] === Proper noun === Hermes m anim (relational adjective Hermův) (Greek mythology) Hermes ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Hermes”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Hermes”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Proper noun === Hermes (genitive Hermes') (Greek mythology) Hermes == Finnish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhermes/, [ˈhe̞rme̞s̠] Rhymes: -ermes Syllabification(key): Her‧mes Hyphenation(key): Her‧mes === Proper noun === Hermes Hermes (Greek god) ==== Declension ==== == Galician == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Proper noun === Hermes m Hermes == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hermes m (Greek mythology) Hermes == Latin == === Alternative forms === Herma === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛr.meːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.mes] === Proper noun === Hermēs m sg (genitive Hermae); first declension (Greek mythology) Hermes a male given name from Ancient Greek ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Derived terms ==== Hermaeum === Noun === Hermēs m (genitive Hermae); first declension a rectangular pillar or pedestal bearing a bust; a herm ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === Proper noun === Hermēs m (genitive Hermae or Hermētis); variously declined, first declension, third declension Hermes Trismegistus ==== Usage notes ==== The first declension paradigm applies to all senses. The third declension paradigm is an exception that comes from Medieval Latin and is principally used to decline the name of Hermes Trismegistus when there is a wish to congrue with established Medieval Latin derivations such as hermēticus; but note that the figure of Hermes Trismegistus dates back to Antiquity, and that the existence of this special grammatical treatment has no parallel in Greek. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs) or third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== hermēticus === References === “Hermes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hermes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɛr.mɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs Syllabification: Her‧mes === Proper noun === Hermes m (Greek mythology) Hermes ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Hermes in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of unknown meaning and origin. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hermes m (Greek mythology) Hermes (messenger of the gods) a male given name === See also === Mercúrio == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɾmes/ [ˈeɾ.mes] Rhymes: -eɾmes Syllabification: Her‧mes === Proper noun === Hermes m (Greek mythology) Hermes == Swedish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). === Proper noun === Hermes c (genitive Hermes) (Greek mythology) Hermes === See also === (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus == Turkish == === Proper noun === Hermes (Greek mythology) Hermes