ὅρμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

 

• IPA^(key): /hór.mos/ → /ˈor.mos/ → /ˈor.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hór.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)or.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.mos/

Noun

ὅρμος • (hórmos) m (genitive ὅρμου); second declension

1. a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar
2. anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, a chaplet
3. a kind of dance performed in a ring
4. a roadstead, an anchorage, the inner part of a harbour
5. a haven, a shelter

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὅρμος; τοῦ ὅρμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁρμᾰθός (hormathós)
• ὁρμέω (horméō)
• ὁρμίζω (hormízō)
• ὁρμοφῠ́λᾰξ (hormophúlax)

 

Further reading

• “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