ἑρμην-εία, ἡ,
(ἑρμηνεύω) interpretation, explanation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524b (_plural_), “Tht.” 209a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of thoughts by words, expression, [[ 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.12; χρῆσθαι τῇ γλώσσῃ πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 660a35, compare “de An.” 420b19, “Resp.” 476a19, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 1.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mediation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 984e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; style, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 1, +others, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 1, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; an expression, ἡ ἀκόλουθος ἑ. [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.1: also in _plural_, αἱ Πλατωνικαὶ ἑ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] Plato's gifts of style, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 1.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 in Music, expression, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1138a, 1144d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 translation, Aristeas 3, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.141; ἑ. τῶν Πωμαϊκῶν “POxy.” 1201.12 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἑ. ἔχειν to mean when translated, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.232, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]