herm

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Englisch - Türkisch
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) kare biçiminde taş sütun
Türkisch - Türkisch
(Osmanlı Dönemi) Bir ot cinsi
Englisch - Englisch
The smallest of the Channel Islands
Abbreviation of hermaphrodite
A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration
A hermaphrodite
In Greek religion, a sacred stone object connected with the worship of Hermes. Herms were used as cult objects, for milestones, and for boundary markers. In time, these stones were replaced by pillars topped with a likeness of the head of Hermes or by statues of the god. In Roman sculpture the heads of Jupiter or the forest god Silvanus were often substituted
A statue that has the head and torso of a human, but the lower part of which is a plain, tapering pillar of rectangular shape Used primarily for architectural decoration
a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
[arch] Rectangular post of stone topped by a bust of Hermes or other divinity
(aka term) Either a head or a bust-length statue that is set on a quadrangular pillar that tapers toward the base Herms were often executed in antiquity and were revived as a style during the Baroque period
a statue of the head of a Greek god set on a square stone pillar
A herm
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herm

    Silbentrennung

    Herm

    Türkische aussprache

    hırm

    Synonyme

    herma

    Aussprache

    /ˈhərm/ /ˈhɜrm/

    Etymologie

    [ 'h&rm ] (noun.) circa 1580. From Hermes
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