δεσμός
δεσμός,
ὁ, pl.
A). δεσμά h.Merc. 157 , al.,
Thgn. 459 ,
Hdt. 6.91 , and so mostly in Trag.,
A. Pr. 513 , etc., and
Pl. Euthphr. 9a ; but
δεσμοί A. Pr. 525 ,
E. Ba. 518 ,
634 , usu. 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
Hsch.):(
δέω A):—
band, bond, anything for tying and fastening, 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
connexion, Pl. Ti. 31c , etc.; of the vowels,
Id. Sph. 253a ;
δεσμοὶ πολιτείας, of the laws,
Id. Lg. 793b ;
εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ for
binding material, PTeb. 120.70 (i B. C.).
2). in pl. (never
δεσμά in this sense),
bonds, chains, ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι A. Pr. 509 ,
770 ;
πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δ. χαλάσῃ ib.
177 ;
ἐν δεσμοῖσι S. Fr. 63 ;
εἰς δεσμοὺς ἄγειν E. Ba. 518 ;
δεσμοῖς Th. 7.82 ;
ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δ., =
δεσμοφύλαξ ,
Luc. Tox. 29 : in sg., collectively,
bonds, imprisonment, δ. ἀχλυόεις Epigr. ap.
Hdt. 5.77 ( =
IG 12.394 );
οὐδὲν ἄξιον δεσμοῦ Hdt. 3.145 ;
ἐν. δ. S. Ant. 958 ;
ἐν δημοσίῳ δ. δεθείς Pl. Lg. 864e ;
ἔδησεν ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ Lys. 6.21 : metaph. of moral
bondage, Porph. Abst. 1.38 , al.
4). δ. ἄρθρου in
Hp. Fract. 37 is expld. by
Gal. adloc. as
ankylosis.
ShortDef
anything for binding, a band, bond
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
δεσμός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δεσμος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δεσμός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">δεσμά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:157/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 157 </a> , al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 459 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.91 </a>, and so mostly in Trag., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:513" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:513/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 513 </a>, etc., and <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthphr.</span> 9a </a>; but <span class="quote greek">δεσμοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 525 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:518" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:518/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 518 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:634" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:634/canonical-url/"> 634 </a>, usu. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span></span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:793b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:793b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 793b </a>, al.: both forms in Att. Inscrr., <span class="quote greek">δεσμοί</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 2.678B48 </span> , <span class="foreign greek">δεσμά</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 791.31 </span>, the latter preferred by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thom.</span> </span> Mag.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4049.tlg001:p.79R" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4049.tlg001:p.79R/canonical-url/"> p.79R. </a> (sg. <span class="quote greek">δεσμόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 246 ii 36 </span> (Delph.), Att. acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>):(<span class="foreign greek">δέω</span> A):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">band, bond, anything for tying and fastening,</span> as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">halter,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:507" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.507/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.507 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mooring-cable,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.100 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">door-latch,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.241/canonical-url/"> 21.241 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yoke-strap,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:5:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.5.10 </a>: metaph., any <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bond of union</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">connexion,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:31c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:31c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 31c </a>, etc.; of the vowels, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:253a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:253a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 253a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δεσμοὶ πολιτείας,</span> of the laws, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:793b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:793b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 793b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ</span> for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">binding material,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PTeb.</span> 120.70 </span> (i B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in pl. (never <span class="foreign greek">δεσμά</span> in this sense), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bonds, chains,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:509" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:509/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 509 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> 770 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δ. χαλάσῃ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:177/canonical-url/"> 177 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν δεσμοῖσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς δεσμοὺς ἄγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:518" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:518/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 518 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δεσμοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.82 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">δεσμοφύλαξ</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg044:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tox.</span> 29 </a>: in sg., collectively, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bonds, imprisonment,</span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. ἀχλυόεις</span> Epigr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.77 </a> ( = <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.394 </span>); <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἄξιον δεσμοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.145 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν. δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:958" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:958/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 958 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν δημοσίῳ δ. δεθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 864e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔδησεν ἑαυτὸν τιμησάμενος δεσμοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 6.21 </a> : metaph. of moral <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bondage,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg003:1.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Abst.</span> 1.38 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ligature,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:495b:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:495b.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 495b13 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. ἄρθρου</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 37 </a> is expld. by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> </span> adloc. as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ankylosis.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spell, charm,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Myst.</span> 3.27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">δέσμη</span> , Pap. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Philol.</span> 80.341 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.135 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:862:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:862.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 862.27 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀσπαράγου δ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1120.14 </span> (i B. C.); <span class="quote greek">δ. ἀργυρίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:42:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:42.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 42.27 </a> ; cf. <span class="quote greek">δέσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:111/canonical-url/"> 111 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}