ἕρμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρμᾰ (hérma, “prop, support, stay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hér.maks/ → /ˈer.maks/ → /ˈer.maks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hér.maks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)er.maks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈer.maks/

Noun

ἕρμᾰξ • (hérmax) f (genitive ἕρμᾰκος); third declension

1. heap of stones, cairn

   Synonym: ἕρμᾰ (hérma)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἕρμᾰξ; τῆς ἕρμᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἕρμᾰξ hē hérmax	τὼ ἕρμᾰκε tṑ hérmake	αἱ ἕρμᾰκες hai hérmakes
Genitive	τῆς ἕρμᾰκος tês hérmakos	τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́κοιν toîn hermákoin	τῶν ἑρμᾰ́κων tôn hermákōn
Dative	τῇ ἕρμᾰκῐ têi hérmaki	τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́κοιν toîn hermákoin	ταῖς ἕρμᾰξῐ / ἕρμᾰξῐν taîs hérmaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἕρμᾰκᾰ tḕn hérmaka	τὼ ἕρμᾰκε tṑ hérmake	τᾱ̀ς ἕρμᾰκᾰς tā̀s hérmakas
Vocative	ἕρμᾰξ hérmax	ἕρμᾰκε hérmake	ἕρμᾰκες hérmakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἕρμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἕρμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette