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ἑρμην-εύς , έως, ,
A.interpreter, esp. of foreign tongues, dragoman, Hdt.2.125,154, al., X.An.1.2.17, PCair.Zen.65 (iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank9.1 (ii B.C.), etc.
b. court interpreter, POxy.237 vii 37 (ii A. D.), etc.
2. matrimonial agent, go-between, Ptol. Tetr. 181.
3. broker, commissionaire, POxy.1517.6 (iii A. D.), etc.
2. applied to planets, D.S.2.30.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1062
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 616
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.125
    • Plato, Laws, 907d
    • Plato, Ion, 534e
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.2.17
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 2.30
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 181
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