ὁρμαθός

ὁρμᾰθ-ός, ὁ, (ὅρμος)

• string, chain, or cluster of things hanging one from the other, as of beads or the links of a chain, Pl. Ion 533e; of bats, Od. 24.8; νεοττιῶν Arist. HA 559a8; κριβανωτῶν, ἰσχάδων, Ar. Pl. 765, Lys. 647; μελῶν Id. Ra. 914; ἁμαξῶν X. Cyr. 6.3.2; ἐνθουσιαζόντων, χορευτῶν, Pl. Ion 533e, 536a; γραμματιδίων Thphr. Char. 6.8; perh. of a chain of reasoning, Polystr. p.9 W., cf. Phld. Rh. 1.186 S., Gal. 4.698; ἐρώτων Anacreont. 13.11.
• • II ὁ. ψάμμου a revolving sand-eddy, Arist. de An. 419b24.

ὁρμαθός, ὁ (ὅρμος), Reihe, Kette, mehrere zusammenhangende Dinge ; Od. 24.8, von einer Schar an einander hangender Fledermäuse (die Schreibung ὀρμαθός widerlegt Spohn de extr. Od. parte p. 162); ἰσχάδων, Ar. Lys. 647, wie κριβανωτῶν, Plut. 765 ; auch μελῶν, Ran. 912 ; vgl. Plat. Ion 533e, ὥστʼ ἐνίοτε ὁρμαθὸς μακρὸς σιδηρίων καὶ δακτυλίων ἐξ ἀλλήλων ἤρτηται ; – ὁρμαθοὺς ἁμαξῶν ποιεῖσθαι, eine lange Reihe bilden, Xen. Cyr. 6.3.2 ; Sp., Ἐρώτων, Anacr. 13.11. – Hesych. erkl. auch φωλεός.

ὁρμαθός

-οῦ, ὁ

[ὅρμος1.]

A chain or string of objects Od. 24.8.

ὁρμαθός (ὅρμος): chain, cluster of bats hanging together, Od. 24.8†.

ὁρμαθός ὁρμᾰθός, οῦ, ὁ, ὅρμος

• a string, chain, or cluster of things hanging one from the other, as of bats, Od.; so, ὁρμ. κριβανιτῶν, ἰσχάδων Ar.