- ὅρμος 1
- ὅρμος 1.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `chain, necklace, lace' (Σ 401); name of a heron-dance (Luc.).Derivatives: 1. The dimin. ὁρμ-ίσκος m. `small necklace' (Att. inscr., LXX), `signetcord' (LXX, J.) with -ίσκιον name of a precious stone (Plin.); 2. -ιά f. `fishing-line' (Pl. Com., Antiph., Arist.; Scheller Oxytonierung 74), -ια-τόνος m. `angler' (E. Hel. 1615); 3. -αθός m. `string, chain' (ω 8, Ar., Pl.; on the formation Chantraine Form. 367 a. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 176 w. n. 3 [the word in -αθος seems rather Pre-Greek; cf. γνάθος]) with -άθιον (Gal.), -αθίζω `to string' (H., Suid.). 4. ὑφ-όρμ-ιον n. after Ael. Dion. Fr. 417 παρὰ τοῖς παλαιοῖς χρυσοῦν τι κοσμάριον.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [911] *ser- `string'Etymology: Old deriv. with regular ο-grade (Schwyzer 492) from 1. εἴρω `string', s.v.Page in Frisk: 2,420
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.