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|Definition=ὁ, pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[δεσμά]] ''h.Merc.''157, al., Thgn.459, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.91, and so mostly in Trag., [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''513, etc., and Pl.''Euthphr.''9a; but [[δεσμοί]] [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 525, E.''Ba.''518,634, usually in Pl., as ''Lg.''793b, al.: both forms in Att. Inscrr., δεσμοί ''IG''2.678B48, [[δεσμά]] ib.791.31, the latter preferred by Thom. Mag.p.79R. (sg. [[δεσμόν]] ''SIG''246 ii 36 (Delph.), Att. acc. to [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]): ([[δέω]] A):—[[band]], [[bond]], anything for [[tie|tying]] and [[fasten]]ing, as [[halter]], Il.6.507; [[mooring]]-[[cable]], Od.13.100, etc.; [[door-latch]], 21.241; [[yoke-strap]], X.''An.''3.5.10: metaph., any [[bond]] of [[union]] or [[connection]], Pl.''Ti.''31c, etc.; of the vowels, Id.''Sph.''253a; <b class="b3">δεσμοὶ πολιτείας</b>, of the [[law]]s, Id.''Lg.''793b; <b class="b3">εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ</b> for [[bind]]ing [[material]], PTeb.120.70 (i B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural (never [[δεσμά]] in this sense), [[bond]]s, [[chain]]s, ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''509, 770; <b class="b3">πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δεσμῶν χαλάσῃ</b> ib.177; ἐν δεσμοῖσι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''63; εἰς δεσμοὺς ἄγειν E.''Ba.''518; δεσμοῖς Th.7.82; [[ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δεσμῶν]] = [[δεσμοφύλαξ]], Luc. ''Tox.''29: in sg., collectively, [[bond]]s, [[imprisonment]], <b class="b3">δ. ἀχλυόεις</b> Epigr. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.77 (= ''IG''12.394); οὐδὲν ἄξιον δεσμοῦ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.145; ἐν. δ. S.''Ant.''958; ἐν δημοσίῳ δεσμῷ δεθείς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''864e; ἔδησεν ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ Lys.6.21: metaph. of [[moral]] [[bondage]], Porph.''Abst.''1.38, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ligature]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 495b13, al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">δεσμὸς ἄρθρου</b> in Hp.''Fract.''37 is expld. by Gal. adloc. as [[ankylosis]].<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[spell]], [[charm]], Iamb.''Myst.''3.27.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[δέσμη]], Pap. in ''Philol.''80.341, Poll.2.135, Eust.862.27; ἀσπαράγου δεσμός ''BGU''1120.14 (i B. C.); δεσμὸς ἀργυρίου [[LXX]] ''Ge.''42.27; cf. [[δέσις]] ''III''.