Hermes

See also: hermes and Hermès

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝmiːz/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Hermes

Hermes

2. (Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
3. The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
4. (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Synonyms

• (Roman mythology) Mercury

Antonyms

• (astronomy) Apollo

Derived terms

• Hermesian

Translations

Greek god Hermes

• Armenian: Հերմես (hy) (Hermes)

  Old Armenian: Հերմէս (Hermēs)

• Catalan: Hermes m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫尔墨斯 (zh) (Hè'ěrmòsī)

• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (ermēs)
• Czech: Hermes m, Hermés m
• Danish: Hermes c
• Dutch: Hermes (nl) m
• Esperanto: Hermeso
• Finnish: Hermes
• French: Hermès (fr) m
• Galician: Hermes (gl) m
• Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)

  Ancient: Ἑρμῆς (Hermês)

  Mycenaean: 𐀁𐀔𐁀 (e-ma-ha)

• Hungarian: Hermész (hu)
• Irish: Heirméas m
• Italian: Ermes (it); Hermes, Ermete, Erme
• Japanese: ヘルメース (Herumēsu)
• Korean: 헤르메스 (ko) (Hereumeseu)
• Latin: Hermes
• Latvian: Hermejs
• Lithuanian: Hermis m
• Marathi: हर्मीझ m (harmījh)
• Occitan: Ermès m
• Old Church Slavonic: Ермисъ (Ermisŭ)
• Persian: هرمس (fa) (hermes)
• Polish: Hermes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hermes (pt) m
• Romanian: Hermes m
• Russian: Герме́с (ru) m (Germés)
• Slovene: Hermes (sl)
• Spanish: Hermes (es) m
• Swahili: Herme
• Swedish: Hermes (sv)
• Ukrainian: Герме́с m (Hermés)
• Wolof: Ermes

Noun

Hermes (plural Hermae)

1. (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

1. Hermes

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrmɛs]

Proper noun

Hermes m anim (related adjective Hermův)

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Declension

Declension of Hermes (sg-only hard masculine animate foreign)

	singular
nominative	Hermes
genitive	Herma
dative	Hermovi
accusative	Herma
vocative	Herme
locative	Hermovi
instrumental	Hermem

Further reading

• “Hermes”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Hermes”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhermes/, [ˈhe̞rme̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ermes
• Hyphenation^(key): Her‧mes

Proper noun

Hermes

1. Hermes (Greek god)

Declension

Inflection of Hermes (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative		Hermes	—
genitive		Hermeen	—
partitive		Hermestä	—
illative		Hermeeseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Hermes	—
accusative	nom.	Hermes	—
	gen.	Hermeen
genitive		Hermeen	—
partitive		Hermestä	—
inessive		Hermeessä	—
elative		Hermeestä	—
illative		Hermeeseen	—
adessive		Hermeellä	—
ablative		Hermeeltä	—
allative		Hermeelle	—
essive		Hermeenä	—
translative		Hermeeksi	—
abessive		Hermeettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Hermes (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Hermeeni — accusative nom. Hermeeni — gen. Hermeeni genitive Hermeeni — partitive Hermestäni — inessive Hermeessäni — elative Hermeestäni — illative Hermeeseeni — adessive Hermeelläni — ablative Hermeeltäni — allative Hermeelleni — essive Hermeenäni — translative Hermeekseni — abessive Hermeettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Hermeesi — accusative nom. Hermeesi — gen. Hermeesi genitive Hermeesi — partitive Hermestäsi — inessive Hermeessäsi — elative Hermeestäsi — illative Hermeeseesi — adessive Hermeelläsi — ablative Hermeeltäsi — allative Hermeellesi — essive Hermeenäsi — translative Hermeeksesi — abessive Hermeettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Hermeemme — accusative nom. Hermeemme — gen. Hermeemme genitive Hermeemme — partitive Hermestämme — inessive Hermeessämme — elative Hermeestämme — illative Hermeeseemme — adessive Hermeellämme — ablative Hermeeltämme — allative Hermeellemme — essive Hermeenämme — translative Hermeeksemme — abessive Hermeettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Hermeenne — accusative nom. Hermeenne — gen. Hermeenne genitive Hermeenne — partitive Hermestänne — inessive Hermeessänne — elative Hermeestänne — illative Hermeeseenne — adessive Hermeellänne — ablative Hermeeltänne — allative Hermeellenne — essive Hermeenänne — translative Hermeeksenne — abessive Hermeettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Hermeensä — accusative nom. Hermeensä — gen. Hermeensä genitive Hermeensä — partitive Hermestään Hermestänsä — inessive Hermeessään Hermeessänsä — elative Hermeestään Hermeestänsä — illative Hermeeseensä — adessive Hermeellään Hermeellänsä — ablative Hermeeltään Hermeeltänsä — allative Hermeelleen Hermeellensä — essive Hermeenään Hermeenänsä — translative Hermeekseen Hermeeksensä — abessive Hermeettään Hermeettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Proper noun

Hermes m

1. Hermes

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hermes m

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Herma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.meːs/, [ˈhɛrmeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.mes/, [ˈɛrmes]

Proper noun

Hermēs m sg (genitive Hermae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Hermēs	Hermae
genitive	Hermae	Hermārum
dative	Hermae	Hermīs
accusative	Hermēn	Hermās
ablative	Hermē	Hermīs
vocative	Hermē	Hermae

Derived terms

• Hermaeum

Noun

Hermēs m (genitive Hermae); first declension

1. a rectangular pillar or pedestal bearing a bust; a herm

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Hermēs	Hermae
genitive	Hermae	Hermārum
dative	Hermae	Hermīs
accusative	Hermēn	Hermās
ablative	Hermē	Hermīs
vocative	Hermē	Hermae

Proper noun

Hermēs m (variously declined, genitive Hermae or Hermētis); first declension, third declension

1. 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 with nominative singular in -ēs) or third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Hermēs	Hermae
genitive	Hermae Hermētis	Hermārum
dative	Hermae Hermētī	Hermīs
accusative	Hermēn Hermētem	Hermās
ablative	Hermē Hermēte	Hermīs
vocative	Hermē Hermēs	Hermae

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs
• Syllabification: Her‧mes

Proper noun

Hermes m

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Declension

Declension of Hermes

	singular
nominative	Hermes
genitive	Hermesa
dative	Hermesowi
accusative	Hermesa
instrumental	Hermesem
locative	Hermesie
vocative	Hermesie

Derived terms

adjective

• Hermesowy

 

Further reading

• Hermes in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Hermes

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of unknown meaning and origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.mis/ [ˈɛɦ.mis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.mis/ [ˈɛɦ.mis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.mis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.miʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɻ.mes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.mɨʃ/

Proper noun

Hermes m

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes (messenger of the gods)
2. 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

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Proper noun

Hermes c (genitive Hermes)

1. (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

1. (Greek mythology) Hermes