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ὅρμος

ὅρμος, a cord, chain, anchorage

ὅρμος, ὁ, (εἴρω A)
  • cord, chain, esp. necklace, collar, Il. 18.401, h.Ven. 163; of gold and electron, Od. 15.460, 18.295, cf. h.Ven. 88, Hes. Op. 74; χρυσεόδμητοι ὅρμοι A. Ch. 617 (lyr.); χρύσεοι E. El. 177 (lyr.), cf. IG 1(2).386.24, Ar. V. 677; ὅ. Ἐριφύλης IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 42 (Delos, iii B. C.), cf. Pl. R. 590a.
      • 2 generally, anything strung like a necklace, wreath, chaplet, Pi. O. 2.74; στεφάνων ὅρμος a string of crowns, i. e. of praises, Id. N. 4.17.
      • 3 a kind of dance, performed in a ring by youths and maidens alternately, Luc. Salt. 11.
      • 4 ὁρμοί (on the accent v. infr.): ἱμάντες ὑποδημάτων, Hsch.
    • II roadstead, anchorage, esp. the inner part of a harbour or basin, where ships lie, Il. 1.435, A. Supp. 765, 772, Ag. 665, IG 1(2).889,890, etc.; ὅρμον ποιέεσθαι or θέσθαι, = ὁρμίζεσθαι, Hdt. 7.193, Theoc. 13.30; τοῖσι οὕτω εἶχε ὅρμου those whom the anchorage permitted to do so, Hdt. 7.188.
      • 2 metaph., haven, place of shelter or refuge, E. Hec. 450 (lyr.); ὅ. ἐλευθερίας AP 7.388 (Bianor); τὸ γῆρας . . ὅ. τῶν κακῶν Bion ap. D.L. 4.48; βίου πλεύσαντα πρὸς ὅρμον having come to the end of life, IG 2.2081; ὅρμον ὁδοιπορίης to the journeyʼs end, AP 11.317 (Pall.).
        • b pl., of the favourite haunts of game, X. Cyn. 10.7.
    • III means of mooring, attachment, AP 9.296 (Apollonid.). (Some Gramm. distd. signf. I from II, making I oxyt. ὁρμός, v. Eust. 1788.46, 1967.29.)

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