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Hermes

//ˈhɝmiːz// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Greek
2
The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
3
The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Noun

1
A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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