ὅρμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sór-mos (compare Old Armenian որմ (orm, “wall, fence”)), from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I tie, fasten”), Latin serō (“I bind”), Proto-Germanic *sarwą (“armour”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὅρμος • (hórmos) m (genitive ὅρμου); second declension

  1. a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar
  2. anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, a chaplet
  3. a kind of dance performed in a ring
  4. a roadstead, an anchorage, the inner part of a harbour
  5. a haven, a shelter

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὅρμος; τοῦ ὅρμου (Attic)
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:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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