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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *wérhmə, of disputed origin:
- Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I string together”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
- Alternatively, cognate with Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣman, “protrusion, summit, peak, top, vertex”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérsmn̥ (“protrusion, bump, hill, summit, peak, top”) and, via the root *wers- (“to rise, protrude; peak”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”), Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), and probably Proto-Germanic *wartǭ (“wart”). Though, the Mycenaean Greek cognate 𐀁𐀔𐀲 (e-ma-ta /*hérmata/, “straps, pl.”) lacks the expected initial */w/.
- A conflation of these two.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hér.ma/ → /ˈer.ma/ → /ˈer.ma/
Noun
ἕρμᾰ • (hérma) n (genitive ἕρμᾰτος); third declension
- (a stabilizing entity): prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship), ballast
- defense, cause
- reef, rock
- hill
- heap of stones, cairn
- pendant of the ear, earring
- band, noose, coils
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References
- “ἕρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἕρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.