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|Definition=ὁ, pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δεσμά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>157</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Thgn.459</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.91</span>, and so mostly in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>513</span>, etc., and <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>9a</span>; but δεσμοί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 525</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>518</span>,<span class="bibl">634</span>, usu. in Pl., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>793b</span>, al.: both forms in Att. Inscrr., δεσμοί <span class="title">IG</span>2.678<span class="hiitalic">B</span>48, [[δεσμά]] ib.791.31, the latter preferred by Thom. Mag.<span class="bibl">p.79R.</span> (sg. δεσμόν <span class="title">SIG</span>246 ii 36 (Delph.), Att. acc. to Hsch.): ([[δέω]] A):—[[band]], [[bond]], [[anything for tying and fastening]], as [[halter]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.507</span>; [[mooring-cable]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.100</span>, etc.; [[door-latch]], <span class="bibl">21.241</span>; [[yoke-strap]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.5.10</span>: metaph., any [[bond of union]] or [[connection]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>31c</span>, etc.; of the vowels, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>253a</span>; <b class="b3">δεσμοὶ πολιτείας</b>, of the laws, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>793b</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ</b> for [[binding material]], PTeb.120.70 (i B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl. (never [[δεσμά]] in this sense), [[bonds]], [[chains]], ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>509</span>, <span class="bibl">770</span>; <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δ. χαλάσῃ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">177</span>; ἐν δεσμοῖσι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>63</span>; εἰς δεσμοὺς ἄγειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>518</span>; δεσμοῖς <span class="bibl">Th.7.82</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δ</b>., = [[δεσμοφύλαξ]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Tox.</span>29</span>: in sg., collectively, [[bonds]], [[imprisonment]], <b class="b3">δ. ἀχλυόεις</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.77</span> ( = <span class="title">IG</span>12.394); οὐδὲν ἄξιον δεσμοῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.145</span>; ἐν. δ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>958</span>; ἐν δημοσίῳ δ. δεθείς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>864e</span>; ἔδησεν ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ <span class="bibl">Lys.6.21</span>: metaph. of moral [[bondage]], <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.38</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ligature]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 495b13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">δ. ἄρθρου</b> in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>37</span> is expld. by Gal. adloc. as [[ankylosis]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[spell]], [[charm]], <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>3.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[δέσμη]], Pap. in <span class="title">Philol.</span>80.341, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.862.27</span>; ἀσπαράγου δ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1120.14</span> (i B. C.); δ. ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>42.27</span>; cf. δέσις ''III''.</span>