| 释义 |
Hermæan, a.|həˈmiːən|
[f. L. Hermæ-us, a. Gr. Ἑρµαῖος of or pertaining to Hermes + -an.]
Of Hermes; applied to ancient statues consisting of a block or pillar surmounted by a head: see prec.
1813J. C. Hobhouse Journ. 663 It was a small many⁓breasted figure, hermæan in the lower extremities, or, with the legs and feet not cut out. 1816J. Dallaway Stat. & Sculpt. 7 In a short time artists arose who ventured to engraft a head upon these blocks, and to distinguish by features the one from the other..that description of statue was called ‘terminal’, or ‘Hermæan’. |