ἁρμονία
ἁρμονία,
ἡ,(
ἁρμόζω)
A). means of joining, fastening, γόμφοις μιν .. καὶ ἁρμονίῃσιν ἄρηρεν Od. 5.248 ; of a ship,
ὄφρ’ ἂν .. ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ ib.
361 .
2). joint, as between a ship's planks,
τὰς ἁ. ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν τῇ βύβλῳ caulked the
joints with papyrus,
Hdt. 2.96 ;
τῶν ἁρμονιῶν διαχασκουσῶν Ar. Eq. 533 ; also in masonry,
αἱ τῶν λίθων ἁ. D.S. 2.8 , cf.
Paus. 8.8.8 ,
9.33.7 .
b). of the mind,
δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁ. women's perverse
temperament, E. Hipp. 162 (lyr.).
c). framework of the universe, Corp.Herm. 1.14 .
II). covenant, agreement, in pl.,
μάρτυροι .. καὶ ἐπίσκοποι ἁρμονιάων Il. 22.255 .
III). settled government, order, τὰν Διὸς ἁ. A. Pr. 551 (lyr.).
IV). in Music,
stringing, ἁ. τόξου καὶ λύρας Heraclit. 51 , cf.
Pl. Smp. 187a : hence,
method of stringing, musical scale, Philol. 6 , etc.,
Nicom. Harm. 9 ; esp.
octave, ἐκ πασῶν ὀκτὼ οὐσῶν [φωνῶν] μίαν ἁ. συμφωνεῖν Pl. R. 617b ;
ἑπτὰ χορδαὶ ἡ ἁ. Arist. Metaph. 1093a14 , cf.
Pr. 919b21 ; of the planetary spheres, in
Pythag. theory,
Cael. 290b13 ,
Mu. 399a12 , etc.
2). generally, music, αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ῥυθμῷ μιμοῦνται χωρὶς ἁ. Id. Po. 1447a26 .
b). esp. the enharmonic scale, Aristox. Harm. p.I M., Plu. 2.1135a , al.
4). ἁρμονίαν λόγων λαβών a due arrangement of words, fit to be set to music,
Pl. Tht. 175e .
6). metaph. of persons and things,
harmony, concord, Pl. R. 431e , etc.
VI). Pythag. name for
three, Theol. Ar. 16 .
VII). name of a remedy, Gal. 13.61 ; of a plaster, Paul. Aeg. 3.62 .
ShortDef
(fastening) union, order, musical key, harmony
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αρμονια
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἁρμονία</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ἁρμόζω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means of joining, fastening,</span> <span class="quote greek">γόμφοις μιν .. καὶ ἁρμονίῃσιν ἄρηρεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:248" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.248/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.248 </a> ; of a ship, <span class="foreign greek">ὄφρ’ ἂν .. ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:361/canonical-url/"> 361 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">joint,</span> as between a ship\'s planks, <span class="foreign greek">τὰς ἁ. ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν τῇ βύβλῳ</span> caulked the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">joints</span> with papyrus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.96 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἁρμονιῶν διαχασκουσῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:533" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:533/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 533 </a> ; also in masonry, <span class="quote greek">αἱ τῶν λίθων ἁ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 2.8 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:8:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:8:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 8.8.8 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:33:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:33:7/canonical-url/"> 9.33.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in Anatomy, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suture,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Off.</span> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg048:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg048:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oss.</span> 12 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">union</span> of two bones by mere apposition, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.737 </span>; also in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">adjustments,</span> <span class="quote greek">πόρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 250 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">framework,</span> <span class="quote greek">ῥηγνὺς ἁρμονίαν .. λύρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:244/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 244 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βοός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 1.16 </a> ; esp. of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">human frame,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἁρμονίην ἀναλυέμεν ἀνθρώποιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ps.-Phoc.</span> 102 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νεύρων καὶ κώλων ἔκλυτος ἁ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.383 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἁ. διαχαλᾷ τοῦ σώματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicr.</span> 2.19 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of the mind, <span class="foreign greek">δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁ.</span> women\'s perverse <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">temperament,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:162/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 162 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">framework</span> of the universe, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Corp.Herm.</span> 1.14 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">covenant, agreement,</span> in pl., <span class="quote greek">μάρτυροι .. καὶ ἐπίσκοποι ἁρμονιάων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.255 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">settled government, order,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰν Διὸς ἁ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:551" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:551/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 551 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in Music, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stringing,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἁ. τόξου καὶ λύρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 51 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:187a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:187a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 187a </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">method of stringing, musical scale,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1596.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1596.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philol.</span> 6 </a>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg002:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg002:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicom.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 9 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">octave,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκ πασῶν ὀκτὼ οὐσῶν [φωνῶν] μίαν ἁ. συμφωνεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 617b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἑπτὰ χορδαὶ ἡ ἁ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1093a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1093a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1093a14 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 919b21 </a>; of the planetary spheres, in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span> </span> theory, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cael.</span> 290b13 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 399a12 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">music,</span> <span class="quote greek">αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ῥυθμῷ μιμοῦνται χωρὶς ἁ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1447a26 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">special type of scale, mode,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἁ. Λυδία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.46 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Αἰολίς</span> or <span class="foreign greek">-ηΐς</span> Pratin.Lyr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> 5 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lasus</span> </span> I, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:398e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:398e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 398e </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1276b:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1276b.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1276b8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1341b:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1341b.35/canonical-url/"> 1341b35 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the enharmonic scale,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristox.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> </span>p.I M., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1135a </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἁρμονίαν λόγων λαβών</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a due arrangement</span> of words, fit to be set to music, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:175e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:175e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 175e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intonation</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pitch</span> of the voice, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1403b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1403b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1403b31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> metaph. of persons and things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">harmony, concord,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:431e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:431e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 431e </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> personified, as a mythical figure, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ap.</span> 195 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:937" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:937/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 937 </a>, etc.; Philos., like <span class="ref greek">φιλότης</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">principle of Union,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">Νεῖκος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:122:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:122.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 122.2 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:27:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:27.3/canonical-url/"> 27.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span> </span> name for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">three, Theol. Ar.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0632.tlg001:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0632.tlg001:16/canonical-url/"> 16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> name of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">remedy,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 13.61 </span>; of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plaster,</span> Paul. Aeg.<span class="bibl"> 3.62 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}