Ἑρμῆς

Ἑρμῆς, οῦ, ὁ, nom. Ἑρμῆς Od. 5.54, etc.: acc. Ἑρμῆν 8.334, etc., Ion. Ἑρμέην Hdt. 5.7, late Ἑρμῆ CIG 5094 (Nubia): dat. Ἑρμῇ Od. 14.435, Ἑρμέᾳ Il. 5.390: voc. Ἑρμῆ h.Hom. 18.12, A. Pers. 629, Eu. 90: Ep. gen. Ἑρμέω h.Merc. 413, h.Ven. 148, Hdt. 5.7, etc.; lengthd. Ἑρμείω Il. 15.214:—Ep. nom. Ἑρμείας, Od. 1.42, al., IG 5(2).558 (Arc.), acc. -αν Od. 1.38, 5.28, al.; later Ἑρμείης, Call. Dian. 69, etc.; gen. Ἑρμείαο Od. 12.390, 15.319, Ἑρμεία AP 7.480 (Leon.); dat. Ἑρμείᾳ IG 12.631 (vi B. C.); voc. Ἑρμεία Od. 5.29, al.:—Boeot. and Dor. nom. Ἑρμᾶς, gen. ᾶ, Corinn. Supp. 2.57, Pi. P. 2.10, etc., voc. Ἑρμᾶ A. Fr. 384, acc. Ἑρμᾶν ib.273: also Ἑρμάων [ᾱ], Hes. Fr. 23, Bion Fr. 7. 8, AP 4.3b.64 (Agath.):—contr. Ἑρμάν(not ἑρμᾶν), ᾶνος, Call. Fr. 32 P., IG 5(2).360, al.(Arc.),ib.5(1).1390.33 (Andania, i B.C.),Supp.Epigr. 2.165 (Laconia) : Thess. dat. Ἑρμαίου IG 9(2).716 (dub.), Ἑρμάου ib. 715, al., Ἑρμάο ib.471, Ἑρμᾶ ib.356 : Cret. acc. Ἑρμάον Schwyzer 179a:—Α. Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia, Od. 5.28, 14.435, Hes. Th. 938, etc. 2. pillar surmounted by bust, at Athens and elsewhere, And. 1.37, Th. 6.27, etc.; τῶν ἱερῶν Ἑρμῶν IG 12(8).188.14 (Samothrace) ; as a decorative piece, with two faces, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht117: Ἑ. τρικέφαλος, τετρακέφαλος, Hsch. 3. ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ the planet Mercury, Pl. Ti. 38d, Epin. 987b, Arist. Mete. 342b33, Metaph. 1073b32, Thphr. Sign. 46, etc.: later Ἑρμῆς, ὁ, in same sense, Placit. 2.32.1, Plu. 2.1028b, Cleom. 2.7 : hence, Ἑρμοῦ ἡμέρα D.C. 37.19. 4. Ἑρμαῖ· παραφυάδια δένδρων ἄχρηστα, Hsch. 5. cake in the shape of a κηρυκεῖον, Schwyzer 694 (Chios, iv B.C.), Hsch. II. prov. and phrases : 1. Ἑρμῆν ἕλκειν to make a last effort, from the parting cup at a feast being drunk to Hermes, Stratt. 22. 2. κοινὸς Ἑρμῆς shares in your luck ! Arist. Rh. 1401a21, Thphr. Char. 30.9, Men. Epit. 67,etc. 3. ἐν τῷ λίθῳ Ἑρμῆς, of the actual potentially in the material, Arist. Metaph. 1002a22,1017b7. 4. Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε ‘Hermes is come in’, a saying used when conversation suddenly ceased, Plu. 2.502f. 5. τὸ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον, like ‘Fortunatus’ cap’, Arr. Epict. 3.20.12. 6. Ἑρμοῦ βοτάνιον, Ἑρμοῦ πόα,=λινόζωστις, Dsc. 4.189, Plin. HN 25.38.