- ἕρμα
- ἕρμα (1) (εἴρ Od. 24.2, root σερ): only pl., ἕρματα, pendants, ear - rings, probably strings of beads. (See cuts, the one on the left an Athenian tetradrachm, that on the right a Sicilian decadrachm.)ἕρμα (2), ατος: prop; pl., of the supports placed under ships when drawn up on shore, Il. 1.486; met., of persons, ἕρμα πόληος, ‘prop and stay,’ ‘pillar’ of the state, Il. 16.549; of an arrow, μελαινέων ἕρμ ὀδυνάων, ‘bearer of black pains,’ by some referred to ἕρμα 1, Il. 4.117.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.