Hermes Hermes , the Lat. Mercurius, son of Maia and Zeus; messenger of the gods διάκτορος); giver of good luck ἐριούνιος, ἀκάκητα); god of all secret dealings, cunning, and stratagem δόλιος); bearing
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Hermes Hermes , the Lat. Mercurius, son of Maia and Zeus; messenger of the gods διάκτορος); giver of good luck ἐριούνιος, ἀκάκητα); god of all secret dealings, cunning, and stratagem δόλιος); bearing
Hermogenes Ἑρμογένης, -ους, ὁ Hermogenes, a Christian: 2Ti.1:15.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
reptile ἑρπετόν, Aeolic dialect perhaps ὄρπετον (which see), τό, (ἕρπω) beast or animal which goes on all fours, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.418; πᾶν ἑ. πληγῇ νέμεται 1st c.AD(?):
to crawl ἕρπω, imperfect εἷρπον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.395 codices, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 423, etc., ἧρπον “IG” 4.951.86 (Epid.)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dia
to blush ἐρῠθ-αίνω, aorist ἐρύθηνα [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.791, LXX.Wis.13.14 ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —poetry and
red dye ἐρῠθ-ημα, ατος, τό, redness or flush upon the skin, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.49, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49 (_plural_); ἐ. προσώπου ] Refs 5th c.BC+]blush, [[
red ἐρύθρ-ημα, ατος, τό, ={ἐρύθημα} (perhaps falsa lectio), [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.180, variant in LXX.Isa.63.1. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
to dye red ἐρυθροδᾰν-όω, dye with madder, dye red, [[ LXX.Exo.25.5, 26.14. ] LXX]
Red (Sea) ἐρυθρός, ά, όν, [ῠ by nature, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 787, +others: hence the later _comparative_ and _superlative_ are perhaps -ώτερος, -ώτατος, as in 5th-6th c
blight ἐρῠσῑβ-η [ῑ [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 600]] Refs 5th c.AD+], ἡ, rust, in corn, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 609a; αὐχμοὶ καὶ ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “H
to come/go ἔρχομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.256, etc. (_active_ ἔρχω as barbarism, 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 167)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἠρχόμην [[ 5th c.BC:
to say ἐρῶ, Attic dialect future of εἴρω (B), [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 61, etc.] Refs 5th c.
a heron ἐρῳδιός, ὁ, heron, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.274, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 46, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 886
passion ἔρως, ωτος, ὁ, accusative ἔρων for ἔρωτα [[ 3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus 3.12, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.39 (from Musicius)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry usually ἔρο
to ask ἐρωτ-άω, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰρωτάω, contraction in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and best codices of [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, as 3.119, 4.145, +others] R
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clothing ἐσθής, ῆτος, Doric dialect ἐσθάς, ᾶτος, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.79, 253 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], ἡ, accusative ἐσθήν [[ “SIG” 1215.7 (Myconos, 3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (ἕννυμι)
clothing ἔσθησις, εως, ἡ, (ἐσθέω) clothing, raiment, uncertain reading in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1386a32, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.51: _plural_, 2nd
to eat ἐσθίω (compare ἔσθω, ἔδω, the latter of which is the radical form, and supplies future and perfect of ἐσθίω), imperfect ἤσθιον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 147: ] Refs 8th
to devour ἔσθω, Epic dialect infinitive ἐσθέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.220 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἦσθον [[ 6.249, 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum po
Esli Ἐσλεί (Rec. 'Ἐσλί, see WH, Notes, 155), ὁ, Esli, an ancestor of Jesus: Luk.3:25.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
we are εἰμί (sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.15, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.32 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ἠμί [[ “GDI” 4959a] Refs]; 2nd pers. singular
will be εἰμί (sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.15, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.32 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ἠμί [[ “GDI” 4959a] Refs]; 2nd pers. singular
mirror εἴσοπτρον (so [[ “CPR” 21.20 (3rd c.AD))] Refs 3rd c.AD+], mostly in the form ἔσοπτρον, τό, (ὄψομαι) looking-glass, mirror, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.14, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historic