A.“Ἑρμῆς” Od.5.54, etc.: acc. “Ἑρμῆν” 8.334, etc., Ion. “Ἑρμέην” Hdt.5.7, late “Ἑρμῆ” CIG5094 (Nubia): dat. “Ἑρμῇ” Od.14.435, “Ἑρμέᾳ” Il.5.390: voc. “Ἑρμῆ” h.Hom.18.12, A.Pers.629, Eu.90: Ep. gen. “Ἑρμέω” h.Merc.413, h.Ven.148, Hdt.5.7, etc.; lengthd. “Ἑρμείω” Il.15.214:—Ep. nom. Ἑρμείας , Od.1.42, al., IG5(2).558 (Arc.), acc. “-αν” Od.1.38, 5.28, al.; later Ἑρμείης , Call.Dian.69, etc.; gen. “Ἑρμείαο” Od.12.390, 15.319, “Ἑρμεία” AP7.480 (Leon.); dat. “Ἑρμείᾳ” IG12.631 (vi B. C.); voc. “Ἑρμεία” Od.5.29, al.:—Boeot. and Dor. nom. Ἑρμᾶς , gen. ᾶ, Corinn. Supp.2.57, Pi.P.2.10, etc., voc. “Ἑρμᾶ” A.Fr.384, acc. Ἑρμᾶν ib.273: also Ἑρμάων [α_], Hes. Fr.23, Bion Fr.7. 8, AP4.3b.64(Agath.):—contr. Ἑρμάν (not ἑρμην-ᾶν ), ᾶνος, Call.Fr.32 P., IG5(2).360, al.(Arc.),ib.5(1).1390.33 (Andania, i B.C.),Supp.Epigr. 2.165 (Laconia) : Thess. dat. “Ἑρμαίου” IG9(2).716 (dub.), Ἑρμάου ib. 715, al., Ἑρμάο ib.471, Ἑρμᾶ ib.356 : Cret. acc. “Ἑρμάον” Schwyzer 179a:—Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia, Od.5.28, 14.435, Hes.Th. 938, etc.
2. pillar surmounted by bust, at Athens and elsewhere, And.1.37, Th.6.27, etc.; “τῶν ἱερῶν Ἑρμῶν” IG12(8).188.14 (Samothrace) ; as a decorative piece, with two faces, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht117: Ἑ. τρικέφαλος, τετρακέφαλος, Hsch.
3. ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ the planet Mercury, Pl.Ti.38d, Epin.987b, Arist.Mete. 342b33, Metaph.1073b32, Thphr.Sign.46, etc.: later Ἑρμῆς, ὁ, in same sense, Placit.2.32.1, Plu.2.1028b, Cleom.2.7 : hence, “Ἑρμοῦ ἡμέρα” D.C.37.19.
4. Ἑρμαῖ: παραφυάδια δένδρων ἄχρηστα, Hsch.
II. prov. and phrases :
1. Ἑρμῆν ἕλκειν to make a last effort, from the parting cup at a feast being drunk to Hermes, Stratt.22.
4. Ἑρμῆς ἐπεισελήλυθε 'Hermes is come in', a saying used when conversation suddenly ceased, Plu.2.502f.