hermes
IPA: hˈɝmiz
Root Word: Hermes
noun
- (Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
- The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
- (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.
- (art) A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.
Advertisement
Examples of "hermes" in Sentences
- The infant Hermes was precocious.
- Hermes being armed is not verified.
- Hermes changed the Minyades into bats.
- Hermes was to be developed in two phases.
- The director is George Sidney and the choreographer is Hermes Pan.
- Hermes learned from the Thriae the arts of fortune telling and divination.
- The god Hermes is said to have carried the young Dionysus to the nymphs of Nysa.
Advertisement
Advertisement