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δεσμός

δεσμός, δεσμός, ὁ, bond (noun)

δεσμός, ὁ, pl. δεσμά h.Merc. 157, al., Thgn. 459, Hdt. 6.91, and so mostly in Trag., A. Pr. 513, etc., and Pl. Euthphr. 9a; but δεσμοί A. Pr. 525, E. Ba. 518, 634, usu. in Pl., as Lg. 793b, al.: both forms in Att. Inscrr., δεσμοί IG 2.678B48, δεσμά ib. 791.31, the latter preferred by Thom.Mag. p.79 R. (sg. δεσμόν SIG 246 ii 36 (Delph.), Att. acc. to Hsch.): (δέω A):—
  • band, bond, anything for tying and fastening, as halter, Il. 6.507; mooring-cable, Od. 13.100, etc.; door-latch, 21.241; yoke-strap, X. An. 3.5.10: metaph., any bond of union or connexion, Pl. Ti. 31c, etc.; of the vowels, Id. Sph. 253a; δεσμοὶ πολιτείας, of the laws, Id. Lg. 793b; εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ for binding material, PTeb. 120.70 (i B. C.).
      • 2 in pl. (never δεσμά in this sense), bonds, chains, ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι A. Pr. 509, 770; πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δ. χαλάσῃ ib. 177; ἐν δεσμοῖσι S. Fr. 63; εἰς δεσμοὺς ἄγειν E. Ba. 518; δεσμοῖς Th. 7.82; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δ., = δεσμοφύλαξ, Luc. Tox. 29: in sg., collectively, bonds, imprisonment, δ. ἀχλυόεις Epigr. ap. Hdt. 5.77 ( = IG 1(2).394); οὐδὲν ἄξιον δεσμοῦ Hdt. 3.145; ἐν. δ. S. Ant. 958; ἐν δημοσίῳ δ. δεθείς Pl. Lg. 864e; ἔδησεν ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ Lys. 6.21: metaph. of moral bondage, Porph. Abst. 1.38, al.
      • 3 ligature, Arist. HA 495b13, al.
      • 4 δ. ἄρθρου in Hp. Fract. 37 is expld. by Gal. ad loc. as ankylosis.
      • 5 spell, charm, Iamb. Myst. 3.27.
    • II = δέσμη, Pap. in Philol. 80.341, Poll. 2.135, Eust. 862.27; ἀσπαράγου δ. BGU 1120.14 (i B. C.); δ. ἀργυρίου LXX Ge. 42.27; cf. δέσις III.

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