Hermes

//ˈhɝmiːz// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Greek
  2. 2
    The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
  3. 3
    The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Synonyms

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agdistisamoraphroditeapolloapollonares

Antonyms

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Apollo

Example

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"I've never given anyone a Hermes scarf."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

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evening star

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