ἑρμίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἑρμίν (hermín)

Etymology

From ἕρμα (hérma, “heap of stones; support, prop”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mǐːs/ → /erˈmis/ → /erˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)erˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /erˈmis/

Noun

ἑρμῑ́ς • (hermī́s) m (genitive ἑρμῖνος); third declension

1. bedpost

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἑρμῑ́ς; τοῦ ἑρμῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑρμῑ́ς ho hermī́s	τὼ ἑρμῖνε tṑ hermîne	οἱ ἑρμῖνες hoi hermînes
Genitive	τοῦ ἑρμῖνος toû hermînos	τοῖν ἑρμῑ́νοιν toîn hermī́noin	τῶν ἑρμῑ́νων tôn hermī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἑρμῖνῐ tôi hermîni	τοῖν ἑρμῑ́νοιν toîn hermī́noin	τοῖς ἑρμῖσῐ / ἑρμῖσῐν toîs hermîsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἑρμῖνᾰ tòn hermîna	τὼ ἑρμῖνε tṑ hermîne	τοὺς ἑρμῖνᾰς toùs hermînas
Vocative	ἑρμῑ́ς hermī́s	ἑρμῖνε hermîne	ἑρμῖνες hermînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἑρμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑρμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἑρμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette