ὅρμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sór-mos, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I tie, fasten”), Latin serō (“I bind”), Proto-Germanic *sarwą (“armour”).
Pronunciation
- (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
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
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: |
|
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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension