ἕρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I string together”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἕρμᾰ • (hérma) n (genitive ἕρμᾰτος); third declension

  1. prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship)
  2. defense, cause
  3. reef, rock
  4. hill
  5. heap of stones, cairn
  6. pendant of the ear, earring

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἕρμᾰ; τοῦ ἕρμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἕρμᾰ
tò hérma		 τὼ ἕρμᾰτε
tṑ hérmate		 τᾰ̀ ἕρμᾰτᾰ
tà hérmata
Genitive τοῦ ἕρμᾰτος
toû hérmatos		 τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hermátoin		 τῶν ἑρμᾰ́των
tôn hermátōn
Dative τῷ ἕρμᾰτῐ
tôi hérmati		 τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hermátoin		 τοῖς ἕρμᾰσῐ / ἕρμᾰσῐν
toîs hérmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ ἕρμᾰ
tò hérma		 τὼ ἕρμᾰτε
tṑ hérmate		 τᾰ̀ ἕρμᾰτᾰ
tà hérmata
Vocative ἕρμᾰ
hérma		 ἕρμᾰτε
hérmate		 ἕρμᾰτᾰ
hérmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

See also
  • 𐀁𐀔𐀲 (e-ma-ta)

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.
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