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|Definition=ὁ, ([[ἕζομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> that which [[settle]]s, esp. a [[swarm of bees]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.114, Pl.''Lg.''708b, X.''HG''3.2.28; ἑσμὸν λαμβάνειν Plu.''Dio''24; of wasps, [[καθ' ἑσμούς]] = [[in swarms]], Ar.''V.''1107.<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[swarm]] or [[flock]], ἑσμὸς [[ὑβριστής]], of men, A.''Supp.''30(anap.); ἑσμὸς ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε ib.223; ἑσμὸς γυναικῶν Ar.''Lys.''353, etc.; ἑσμὸς τεχνιτῶν ''Pae.Delph.''14; ἑσμὸς στρατιᾶς ''Epigr.Gr.''985 (Philae).<br><span class="bld">3</span> ([[ἵημι]]) of things, <b class="b3">ἑσμοὶ γάλακτος</b> [[stream]]s of [[milk]], E.''Ba.'' 710; <b class="b3">ἑσμὸς μελίσσης γλυκύς</b>, i.e. [[honey]], Epin.1.7; ἑσμὸς νούσων A.''Supp.'' 684 (lyr.); λόγων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 450b; ἑσμὸς πληγῶν Ph.2.95; ἑσμὸς παθῶν Porph.''Abst.'' 1.34.<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[ὁδός]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; πατρίδος καλῆς τὸν ἐπάξιον ἑσμὸν ἑλέσθαι ''Arch.Pap.''1.220(ii B.C.). (ἐ-freq.in codd., but cf. Ar.''V.''l.c., Eust.178.16.)