Hermes

American  

[hur-meez] / ˈhɜr miz /

noun

1. the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

2. Astronomy. a small asteroid that in 1937 approached within 485,000 miles (780,000 km) of the earth, the closest approach of an asteroid ever observed.

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Hermes ¹ British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. a small asteroid some 800 m in diameter that passed within 670 000 kilometres of the earth in 1937, and is now lost

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Hermes ² British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Mercury.  Greek myth the messenger and herald of the gods; the divinity of commerce, cunning, theft, travellers, and rascals. He was represented as wearing winged sandals

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Hermes Cultural  

1. The messenger god of classical mythology. He traveled with great swiftness, aided by the wings he wore on his sandals and his cap. Hermes was a son of Zeus and the father of Pan.

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The caduceus, the wand of Hermes, is the traditional symbol of physicians. It has wings at the top and serpents twined about the staff.

Example Sentences

Hermes reported first-quarter revenue below expectations, with its shares falling up to 14% due to geopolitical tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Hermes International shares, trading at 34 times earnings, got pummeled on Wednesday after the luxury-goods maker reported slower-than-expected first-quarter sales growth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Parisian fashion house Hermes on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue below market expectations, citing geopolitical tensions and reduced tourism stemming from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Hermes said the Middle Eastern sales drop was notably in the United Arab Emirates, as well as in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

While they lived on earth one of them, Maia, was the mother of Hermes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton