ἑρμηνεύς

ἑρμην-εύς, έως, ὁ,

• interpreter, esp. of foreign tongues, dragoman, Hdt. 2.125, 154, al., X. An. 1.2.17, PCair.Zen. 65 (iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank 9.1 (ii B.C.), etc.
• • • • b court interpreter, POxy. 237 vii 37 (ii A. D.), etc.
    • 2 matrimonial agent, go-between, Ptol. Tetr. 181.
    • 3 broker, commissionaire, POxy. 1517.6 (iii A. D.), etc.
  • II interpreter, expounder, Pi. O. 2.85, A. Ag. 616, 1062, etc.; ἑρμηνῆς τῶν θεῶν, of poets, Pl. Ion 534e; λόγος τῶν νόμων ἑ. Id. Lg. 907d; σιωπὴ δʼ ἄπορος ἑ. λόγων E. Fr. 126.
  • • 2 applied to planets, D.S. 2.30.

ἑρμηνεύς, ὁ, der Ausleger, Erklärer, Pind. Ol. 2.93 ; τοροί Aesch. Ag. 602, 1032 ; Eur. El. 333 ; Herold, I.T. 1302 ; Dollmetscher einer fremden Sprache, Her. 2.125 ; Xen. An. 1.2.17 u. sonst ; Plat. vrbdt οἱ γραμματισταὶ καὶ οἱ ἑρμηνεῖς, Theaet. 163c, nennt die Dichter ἑρμηνεῖς τῶν θεῶν, Ion 534e ; λόγος τῶν νόμων ἑρμηνεύς Legg. X.907d.

For Pindar, see also: ἑρμανεύς

ἑρμηνεύς, έως, Ἑρμῆς, the messenger of the gods

• • Ian interpreter, esp. of foreign tongues, a dragoman, Hdt., Xen.
  • IIan interpreter, expounder, Aesch.