Ἕρμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Ἕρμος • (Hérmos) m (genitive Ἕρμου); second declension

1. Hermus
2. the river Hermus; the river Gediz

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἕρμος; τοῦ Ἕρμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἕρμος ho Hérmos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἕρμου toû Hérmou
Dative	τῷ Ἕρμῳ tôi Hérmōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἕρμον tòn Hérmon
Vocative	Ἕρμε Hérme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Έρμος (Érmos)
• Latin: Hermus

References

• “Ἕρμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013