HERM

Meaning of HERM in English

[ hə:m ]

■ noun a squared stone pillar with a carved head on top (typically of the god Hermes), used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or a signpost.

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HERM — noun Etymology: Latin ~es, from Greek ~ēs statue of Hermes, ~, from Hermēs Date: circa 1580 a statue in the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HERM — In Greek religion , a sacred stone object connected with the worship of Hermes . Herms were used as cult …
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HERM — ˈhərm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin herma, hermes, from Greek hermēs statue of Hermes, herm, from Hermēs, messenger of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERM
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HERM — noun Etymology: Latin hermes, from Greek hermēs statue of Hermes, herm, from Hermēs Date: circa 1580 : a statue in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HERM — [herm] n [L hermes, fr. Gk hermes statue of Hermes, herm, fr. Hermes] (ca. 1580): a statue in the form …
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HERM — Plato, Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original, 4th century BC. In the Staatliche 1/4 Greek Herma, in Greek …
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HERM — herm BrE AmE hɜːm AmE hɝːm ▷ herms hɜːmz AmE hɝːmz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HERM — n. Gk Antiq. a squared stone pillar with a head (esp. of Hermes) on top, used as a boundary-marker etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HERM — n. Gk Antiq. a squared stone pillar with a head (esp. of Hermes) on top, used as a boundary-marker etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HERM — n. Gk Antiq. a squared stone pillar with a head (esp. of Hermes) on top, used as a boundary-marker etc. …
Oxford English vocab
HERM — n. In Greek religion , a sacred stone object connected with the worship of Hermes . Herms were used as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HERM — (древнегреческое) герма
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERM — Херм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HERM — уст. = herma
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HERM — (n) герма
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HERM — уст. = ~a
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HERM — уст. = herma
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HERM — (древнегреческое) герма
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERM — n. Pronunciation: ' h ə rm Function: noun Etymology: Latin hermes, from Greek herm ē s statue of Hermes, herm, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HERMA — noun (plural ~e or ~i) Date: 1638 herm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOCRATES — born с 470, Athens died 399 BC, Athens Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound …
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PLATO — orig. Aristocles born 428/427, Athens, or Aegina, Greece died 348/347 BC, Athens Greek philosopher, who with his teacher Socrates and …
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PERICLES — born с 495, Athens died 429 BC, Athens Athenian general and statesman largely responsible for the full development of Athenian …
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GUERNSEY — I Breed of dairy cattle that originated on the Channel Island of Guernsey. Like the Jersey , it is thought …
Английский словарь Британика
TERM — I. ˈtərm, ˈtə̄m, ˈtəim noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English terme, from Old French, from Latin terminus boundary, limit, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERMETIC — I. hə(r)ˈmed.]ik, |hər|m-, (ˈ)hə̄|m-, (ˈ)həi|m-, -et], ]ēk adjective or her·met·i·cal ]ə̇kəl, ]ēk- Etymology: New Latin hermeticus, from Hermet-, Hermes Trismegistus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERM FOOT — ˈthərmˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from obsolete English therm pillar with tapering rectangular base, alteration (influenced by herm ) of English term …
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HERMOGLYPHIC — |hərmə|glifik noun also her·mog·ly·phist (ˌ)hərˈmägləfə̇st; ˈhərməˌglif-, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ( -s ) Etymology: hermoglyphic from Greek hermoglyphikos of statuary, from hermoglypheus statuary …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERMES — ˈhər(ˌ)mēz noun ( plural her·mae -ˌmē, -ˌmī ; or her·mai -ˌmī) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin — more at herm …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERMINAL — — terminally , adv. /terr"meuh nl/ , adj. 1. situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TERM — in logic, the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition (q.v.), or statement. Aristotle so used the Greek word horos …
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