ὁρμαθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (ὅρμος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[string]], [[chain]], or [[cluster]] of things hanging one from the other, as of [[beads]] or [[the links of a chain]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>533e</span>; of bats, <span class="bibl">Od.24.8</span>; νεοττιῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>559a8</span>; [[κριβανωτῶν]], [[ἰσχάδων]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>765</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>647</span>; μελῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>914</span>; ἁμαξῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.2</span>; [[ἐνθουσιαζόντων]], [[χορευτῶν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>533e</span>, <span class="bibl">536a</span>; γραμματιδίων <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>6.8</span>; perh. of a [[chain]] of reasoning, Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.9</span> W., cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.186 S., Gal.4.698; ἐρώτων <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>13.11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὁ. ψάμμου</b> a [[revolving]] sand-eddy, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>419b24</span>.</span>