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Mercurius
Mercŭrĭus, ii, m., = Ἑρμῆς, I Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
The Hermes (i.e., "the speaker") of the Greeks (Acts 14:12), a heathen God represented as the constant attendant of Jupiter, and the god of eloquence. The inhabitants of Lystra took Paul for this god because he was the "chief speaker."
Mercŭrĭus, ii, m., = Ἑρμῆς, I Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.