ὅρμος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *sór-mos (compare Old Armenian որմ (orm, “wall, fence”)), from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I tie, fasten”), Latin serō (“I bind”), Proto-Germanic *sarwą (“armour”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hór.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)or.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈor.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈor.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈor.mos/
Noun edit
ὅρμος • (hórmos) m (genitive ὅρμου); second declension
- a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar
- anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, a chaplet
- a kind of dance performed in a ring
- a roadstead, an anchorage, the inner part of a harbour
- a haven, a shelter
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὅρμος ho hórmos |
τὼ ὅρμω tṑ hórmō |
οἱ ὅρμοι hoi hórmoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὅρμου toû hórmou |
τοῖν ὅρμοιν toîn hórmoin |
τῶν ὅρμων tôn hórmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὅρμῳ tôi hórmōi |
τοῖν ὅρμοιν toîn hórmoin |
τοῖς ὅρμοις toîs hórmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὅρμον tòn hórmon |
τὼ ὅρμω tṑ hórmō |
τοὺς ὅρμους toùs hórmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὅρμε hórme |
ὅρμω hórmō |
ὅρμοι hórmoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ὁρμέω (horméō)
- ὁρμίζω (hormízō)
- ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ (hormophúlax)
- ὁρμᾰθός (hormathós)
Further reading edit
- “ὅρμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὅρμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette