Ἑρμάδιον
Hermadion
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [sc. diminutive] of a herm [or: of Hermes].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἑρμάδιον· τὸ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ.
Betacode
*(erma/dion: to\ tou= *(ermou=.
Notes
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon -- and an ambiguous one. LSJ s.v. interprets and classifies it as referrring to Herm-statues (epsilon 3029, epsilon 3030, epsilon 3031, epsilon 3033, epsilon 3047); however, since that sense is otherwise attested only epigraphically, the entry might equally well be generated by Lucian, Charon [Author, Myth] 1, where upper-case 'Hermadion' is a diminutive of the name Hermes itself.