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ὁρμίζω

ὁρμίζω, to bring to a safe anchorage, bring into harbour, to moor, anchor

ὁρμίζω, Ep. fut. -ίσσω Il. 14.77: aor. ὥρμισα Od. 4.785, etc.:— Med. and Pass., fut. -ιοῦμαι Th. 6.42: aor. ὡρμισάμην Hdt. 9.96, Th. 2.86, etc.: less freq. ὡρμίσθην (v. infr.): pf. ὥρμισμαι E. IT 1328: (ὅρμος II):—
  • bring to a safe anchorage, bring into harbour, moor, anchor, νῆα Od. 3.11, 12.317, cf. Hdt. 6.107; ἐπʼ ἀγκυρῶν [τριήρεις] Th. 7.59; ὑψοῦ δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὥρμισαν moored the ship in the deeper water, Od. 4.785, 8.55; ὁρμίσας ἕκαστον ἀσκόν, λίθους ἀρτήσας καὶ ἀφεὶς ὥσπερ ἀγκύρας X. An. 3.5.10; οἴκαδʼ ὁ. πλάτην bring the ship safe home, E. Tr. 1155 (v. l.); ὁ. τινὰ εἰς λιμένας, of Zeus, AP 9.9 (Jul. Polyaen.); bring to land, ἀσπίδα . . θάλασσα . . παρὰ τύμβον . . ὥρμισεν ib. 115: metaph., ἐν σπαργάνοισι παιδὸς ὁρμίσαι δίκην that she wrapped it safely, put it to rest, in swathing bands, A. Ch. 529.
    • II Med. and Pass., come to anchor, lie at anchor, Hdt. 9.96, Antipho 5.22; Κύπριδος ὁρμισθεῖσα . . ἐν λιμένεσσιν Emp. 98.3, cf. E. Or. 242; ἐπὶ τῷ Ῥίῳ, ἔξω [τοῦ Ῥίου] ὡρμίσαντο, Th. 2.86; ὡρμίσαντο παρὰ τῇ Χερρονήσῳ X. An. 6.2.2; πρὸς ταὐτὸν ὁρμισθεὶς πέδον having come to a place and anchored there, S. Ph. 546; πρὸς τὴν γῆν ὁρμισθείς X. HG 1.4.18; ὡρμίσαντο εἰς Ἁρμήνην Id. An. 6.1.15, cf. D. 7.15, etc.; ταῖς λοιπαῖς [ναυσὶν] ἐς τὸ νησίδιον ὁρμίζονται Th. 8.11.
      • 2 metaph., to be in haven, i.e. rest in safety, εἰς λιμένα τὸν τῆς τέχνης Philem. 213.9; ὁρμίζεσθαι τὴν τελευταίαν ὅρμισιν, i.e. to die, Ael. Fr. 79; ἐκ τύχης ὡρμισμένον dependent on . ., E. HF 203.

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