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Hermācreon, ontis, m., a Greek proper name, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47.

Hermaeum, i, v. Hermes, II.

Hermăgŏras and Hermăgŏra (the latter is the Ciceron. form acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 61), ae, m., = Ἑρμαγόρας.

  1. I. A celebrated Greek rhetorician of Rhodes, Cic. Brut. 78, 271; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; 1, 9, 12; 1, 11, 16; Quint. 3, 1, 16; 3, 5, 14 et saep.
    Hermăgŏrēi, ōrum, m., his disciples, Quint. 3, 1, 16; 3, 5, 4; 7, 4, 4.
  2. II. Another rhetorician of Temnos in Æolis, in the time of Augustus, Quint. 3, 1, 19; Tac. Or. 19.

Hermandĭca, ae, f., a city of Hispania, perh. the modern Salamanca, Liv. 21, 5, 7.

† hermăphrŏdītus, i, m., = ἑρμαφρόδιτος,

  1. I. a hermaphrodite, acc. to the myth, so called after the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, when bathing, grew together with Salmacis into one person: gignuntur et utriusque sexus, quos hermaphroditos vocamus, olim androgynos vocatos et in prodigiis habitos, nunc vero in deliciis, Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 34; cf. Ov. M. 4, 285 sq.; 383; Hyg. Fab. 271; Mart. 10, 4, 6.
  2. II. Transf., adj.: hermaphroditae equae. Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.

Hermarchus, i, m.

  1. I. Of Mitylene, a disciple of Epicurus, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 96; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97.
  2. II. Of Chios, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 16, 34.

Hermăthēna, ae, f., = Ἑρμῆσ-Ἀθηνᾶ, a double bust of Mercury and Minerva, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 5; 1, 4, 3.

1. Hermes or Herma, ae, m., = Ἑρμῆς (Hermes, Mercury; hence transf., cf. Liddell and Scott under Ἑρμῆς),

  1. I. a Hermes pillar, Hermes, a head carved on the top of a square pedestal or post; such pillars of Hermes stood, esp. in Athens, in several public places and before private houses, Macr. S. 1, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 8. 138; Nep. Alcib. 3; Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; Juv. 8, 53.
  2. II. Deriv.: Hermae-um, i, n., a temple of Hercules, Hermœum.
    1. A. The name of a summer-house: in diaetam, cui nomen est Hermaeum, recesserat, Suet. Claud. 10.
    2. B. A frontier town of Bœotia, over against Eubœa, Liv. 35, 50, 9.