ὁρμαθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (ὅρμος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">string, chain</b>, or <b class="b2">cluster</b> of things hanging one from the other, as of <b class="b2">beads</b> or <b class="b2">the links of a chain</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">κριβανωτῶν, ἰσχάδων</b>, <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> ; <b class="b3">ἐνθουσιαζόντων, χορευτῶν</b>, <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 <b class="b2">chain</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὁ. ψάμμου</b> a <b class="b2">revolving</b> sand-eddy, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>419b24</span>.</span>