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- Hermes - n. - See Mercury.
- Hermes - n. - Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
- Moly - n. - A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Hermes - n. - Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.
- Hermetical - a. - Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.
- Caduceus - n. - The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
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- G2060 Ἑρμῆς - 2060 Ἑρμῆς - ἙΡΜῆΣ - - Hermēs - her-mace' - perhaps from ἐρέω; Hermes, the name of the messenger of the Greek deities; also of a Christian:--Hermes, Mercury. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G2061 Ἑρμογένης - 2061 Ἑρμογένης - ἙΡΜΟΓΈΝΗΣ - - Hermogénēs - her-mog-en'-ace - from Ἑρμῆς and γίνομαι; born of Hermes; Hermogenes, an apostate Christian:--Hermogenes. - Noun Masculine - greek
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