Associations to the word «Hermes»

Pictures for the word «Hermes»

Wiktionary

HERMES, proper noun. (Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
HERMES, proper noun. (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Dictionary definition

HERMES, noun. (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates