n. Mythology Hermes as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth, the legendary author of works on alchemy, astrology, and magic. [Medieval Latin Hermēs Trismegistus, from Greek Hermēs trismegistos : Hermēs, Hermes + trismegistos, thrice greatest (tris, thrice; see trei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + megistos, greatest; see meg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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