Hermes

/ˈhɝmiːz/

Hermes

English Noun Top 19,014

Definition

A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).