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ἕρμα
ἕρμα ἕρμα, ατος, τό, a prop, support, used to keep ships upright when ashore, Il.: metaph. of men, ἕρμα πόληος prop or stay of the city, Lat. columen, Hom.; μελαινέων ἕρμʼ ὀδυνάων, of a sharp arrow, the foundation, i. e. the cause, of pangs, Il. a sunken rock, reef, on which a vessel may strike, Hdt., Aesch., etc. a mound, cairn, barrow, Soph. that which keeps a ship steady, ballast, Plut. deriv. uncertain

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a prop, support
earrings

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ἕρμα
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ἕρμα
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ερμα
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ἕρμα ἕρμα, ατος, τό, a prop, support, used to keep ships upright when ashore, Il.: metaph. of men, ἕρμα πόληος prop or stay of the city, Lat. columen, Hom.; μελαινέων ἕρμʼ ὀδυνάων, of a sharp arrow, the foundation, i. e. the cause, of pangs, Il. a sunken rock, reef, on which a vessel may strike, Hdt., Aesch., etc. a mound, cairn, barrow, Soph. that which keeps a ship steady, ballast, Plut. deriv. uncertain
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13208
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n13213
Key:
e(/rma1

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