hermis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →herma, hermae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
metallic bust serving as reliquary; (head of Hermes on quadrangular pillar);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →Hermes, Hermae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Hermes; (Greek god Hermes = Roman Mercury); herm (pillar with bust of Hermes);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples

Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Rubrae Tethyos Eoasque domos flagrante triumpho perfuris, aut Hermi de fontibus aureus exis: at tua progenies, positis gentilibus..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sole novo densae torrentur aristae aut Hermi campo aut Lyciae flaventibus arvis. scuta sonant pulsuque pedum conterrita tellus..."
