Hermes

Etymology
From the, itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate or from.

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.

Synonyms

 * Mercury

Antonyms

 * Apollo

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: Հերմէս
 * Catalan: Hermes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ
 * Czech: Hermes, Hermés
 * Danish: Hermes
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Hermeso
 * Finnish: Hermes
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἑρμῆς
 * Mycenaean: 𐀁𐀔𐁀
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Heirméas
 * Italian: ; Hermes, Ermete, Erme
 * Japanese: ヘルメース
 * Korean:
 * Latin: Hermes
 * Latvian: Hermejs
 * Lithuanian: Hermis
 * Marathi: हर्मीझ
 * Occitan: Ermès
 * Old Church Slavonic: Ермисъ
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Hermes
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Herme
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: Герме́с
 * Wolof: Ermes

Noun

 * 1)  A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.

Etymology
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Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1) Hermes Greek god

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Hermes

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a rectangular pillar or pedestal bearing a bust; a herm

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 ; 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.

Etymology
, itself of unknown meaning and origin.

Proper noun

 * 1)   messenger of the gods

Etymology
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Etymology
Ultimately from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Hermes