ἑρμίς in Ancient Greek

IPA: /her.mǐːs/, /erˈmis/, /erˈmis/, /her.mǐːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)erˈmis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /erˈmis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /erˈmis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /erˈmis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ἕρμα (hérma, “heap of stones; support, prop”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἑρμῑ́ς|ἑρμῖνος|m|third}} ἑρμῑ́ς • (hermī́s) m (genitive ἑρμῖνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἑρμῑ́ς|ἑρμῖνος|form=M}} Forms: ἑρμῑ́ς [canonical], hermī́s [romanization], ἑρμῖνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ἑρμῑ́ς [nominative, singular], ἑρμῖνε [dual, nominative], οἱ ἑρμῖνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἑρμῖνος [genitive, singular], ἑρμῑ́νοιν [dual, genitive], ἑρμῑ́νων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἑρμῖνῐ [dative, singular], ἑρμῑ́νοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἑρμῖσῐ [dative, plural], ἑρμῖσῐν [dative, plural], toîs hermîsĭ [dative, plural], toîs hermîsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν ἑρμῖνᾰ [accusative, singular], ἑρμῖνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἑρμῖνᾰς [accusative, plural], ἑρμῑ́ς [singular, vocative], ἑρμῖνε [dual, vocative], ἑρμῖνες [plural, vocative], ἑρμίν [alternative]

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  "etymology_text": "From ἕρμα (hérma, “heap of stones; support, prop”).",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
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    },
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      "form": "ὁ ἑρμῑ́ς",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἑρμῖνες",
      "roman": "hoi hermînes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἑρμῖνος",
      "roman": "toû hermînos",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρμῑ́νοιν",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἑρμῖνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi hermînĭ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "ἑρμῖσῐν",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs hermîsĭ",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs hermîsĭn",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἑρμῖνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn hermînă",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      ]
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      "form": "ἑρμίν",
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/erˈmis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/erˈmis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "dative",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τὸν ἑρμῖνᾰ",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ἑρμῖνες",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "glosses": [
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/erˈmis/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/her.mǐːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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"ἑρμίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun