Definition of Herma

1. n. See Hermes, 2.

Definition of Herma

1. Noun. A herm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herma

1. a herm [n -MAE or -MAI] : HERMAEAN [adj] - See also: herm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herma

heritors
heritour
heritours
heritrices
heritrix
heritrixes
herkie
herkies
herkinorin
herky-jerky
herl
herling
herlings
herls
herm
herma (current term)
hermae
hermaean
hermai
hermaphrodeities
hermaphrodeity
hermaphrodite brig
hermaphrodite brigs
hermaphrodites
hermaphroditisms

Literary usage of Herma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rome, Ancient and Modern, and Its Environs: And Its Environs by Jeremiah Donovan (1844)
"... unknown herma; statue of Silenus, above which is a relief of the Pyrrhic dance of the Corybantes ; herma of Sophocles; herma of Epicurus; Melpomene, ..."

2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"... »пил [L- herma ... Gr. deity)], F.: herma, hermes (small column with a Hermes-head, or other head), ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Hemath (I Par., xviii, 3, 9). See Emath. herma. See Horma 1. herman. Mountain range on the N. border of Israel: Jebel el-Sheikh, or J. et-Telj. ..."

4. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1907)
"THE MUTILATION OF THE herma AFTER between two and three months of active preparations, the expedition was almost ready to start, when an event happened' ..."

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