ἕρμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρμᾰ (hérmă, “prop, support, stay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hér.maks/ → /ˈer.maks/ → /ˈer.maks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hér.maks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)er.maks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/

Noun

ἕρμᾰξ • (hérmăx) f (genitive ἕρμᾰκος); third declension

1. heap of stones, cairn

   Synonym: ἕρμᾰ (hérmă)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἕρμᾰξ; τῆς ἕρμᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἕρμᾰξ hē hérmăx	τὼ ἕρμᾰκε tṑ hérmăke	αἱ ἕρμᾰκες hai hérmăkes
Genitive	τῆς ἕρμᾰκος tês hérmăkos	τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́κοιν toîn hermắkoin	τῶν ἑρμᾰ́κων tôn hermắkōn
Dative	τῇ ἕρμᾰκῐ têi hérmăkĭ	τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́κοιν toîn hermắkoin	ταῖς ἕρμᾰξῐ / ἕρμᾰξῐν taîs hérmăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἕρμᾰκᾰ tḕn hérmăkă	τὼ ἕρμᾰκε tṑ hérmăke	τᾱ̀ς ἕρμᾰκᾰς tā̀s hérmăkăs
Vocative	ἕρμᾰξ hérmăx	ἕρμᾰκε hérmăke	ἕρμᾰκες hérmăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἕρμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἕρμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette