Ὁδός

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Ὁδός, παρὰ τὸ ἑδός, ἡ πεπατημένη τρίβος. τὸ παράγωγον ὅδιος καὶ ἐνόδιος, καὶ ὅδιος Ἑρμῆς.

Hodos: derived from hedos, the beaten path that is walked. The derivative forms are hodios and enodios; and also “Hodios Hermes.”

Text Details

Entry#12
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 483.19 · Billerbeck Ο12
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count15
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

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ἙρμῆςHermes · deity
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Composition'Hodos' (Ὁδός): from ἑδός (i.e. derived from the word ἑδός).
Morphological Composition'the trodden path' (definition/semantic explanation of the name: a beaten track).
Morphological Composition'the derivatives are ὅδιος and ἐνόδιος' (adjectival formations from ὁδός).
Folk Etymology Narrative'and ὅδιος (is) Hermes' — i.e. Hermes is called ὅδιος (an epithet linking the god to roads/guide), a cultural/folk association rather than strict linguistic derivation.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC