the messenger and herald of the gods; the divinity of commerce, cunning, theft, travellers, and rascals. He was represented as wearing winged sandals
Roman counterpart: Mercury
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Her•mes
(hûr′mēz),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythologythe ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Cf. Mercury.
- Astronomya small asteroid that in 1937 approached within 485,000 mi. (780,000 km) of the earth, the closest approach of an asteroid ever observed.
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'Hermes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Anubis
- Argus
- Autolycus
- Baucis
- Cyllenian
- Daphnis
- Hermaphroditus
- Hermes Trismegistus
- Hermetic
- Maia
- Pelops
- Philemon
- Stentor
- Trismegistus
- caduceus
- herm
- hermaphrodite
- hermeneutic
- hermetic
- mercury
- moly
- petasus
- psychopomp
- talaria