ἁρμός

See also: αρμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmós, from the root *h₂er- (“to fit together, join”), whence also ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “join, fit together”). Compare Sanskrit ईर्म (īrmá, “arm, forequarter”), Latin armus (“shoulder, forequarter”), Old Prussian irmo (“arm”), Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”) (> English arm).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /har.mós/ → /arˈmos/ → /arˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /har.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)arˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈmos/

Noun

ἁρμός • (harmós) m (genitive ἁρμοῦ); second declension

1. (anatomy) joint
2. (masonry) joint
3. link
4. bolt, peg

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἁρμός; τοῦ ἁρμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἁρμός ho harmós	τὼ ἁρμώ tṑ harmṓ	οἱ ἁρμοί hoi harmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἁρμοῦ toû harmoû	τοῖν ἁρμοῖν toîn harmoîn	τῶν ἁρμῶν tôn harmôn
Dative	τῷ ἁρμῷ tôi harmôi	τοῖν ἁρμοῖν toîn harmoîn	τοῖς ἁρμοῖς toîs harmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἁρμόν tòn harmón	τὼ ἁρμώ tṑ harmṓ	τοὺς ἁρμούς toùs harmoús
Vocative	ἁρμέ harmé	ἁρμώ harmṓ	ἁρμοί harmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (anatomical joint): ἄρθρον n (árthron)

Derived terms

• ἁρμονίᾱ (harmoníā)
• ἁρμόζω (harmózō)

Related terms

• ἄρθρον (árthron)
• ἅρμα (hárma)

Descendants

• Greek: αρμός (armós)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آرموز (armuz, armoz)
    • Turkish: armuz, armoz
• Pontic Greek: αρμός (armós)
  • → Turkish: armoz
    • → Laz: არმოზი (armozi)

Further reading

• “ἁρμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁρμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἁρμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011