单词 | hermo- |
释义 | Hermo-comb. form combining form of Hermes n., as in Hermoˈglyphic n., Herˈmoglyphist [compare Greek ἑρμογλυϕικός pertaining to a statuary, < ἑρμογλυϕεύς a carver of Hermæ, a statuary] (see quots.). Hermokopid n. [ < Greek ἑρμοκοπίδης] a mutilator of Hermæ: in quot. used attributively. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hermogliphicke, a grauer of Images. 1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. p. cxvi (note) Sophroniscus is somewhere mentioned by Lucian as an hermoglyphist; a person, whose business it was to engrave inscriptions on marble, or rather on the Hermaic statues. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lviii. 270 The facts disclosed indicated the band of Hermokopid conspirators to be numerous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1623 |
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