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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέω ( déō , “ I bind ” ) + -μός ( -mós ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dez.mós/ → /ðezˈmos/ → /ðezˈmos/
Noun
δεσμός • (desmós ) m (genitive δεσμοῦ ) ; second declension ( Epic , Attic , Ionic , Koine )
bond , fetter
collar , halter
bondage , imprisonment
spell , charm
Inflection
δεσμά ( desmá ) is often used as the plural form.
Derived terms
Descendants
Greek: δεσμός m ( desmós , “ relationship ” )
δεσμά n pl ( desmá , “ imprisonment, chains ” )
→ Translingual: Desmos
Further reading
“δεσμός ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δεσμός ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“δεσμός ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
δεσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
δεσμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
δεσμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“δεσμός ”, in Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1199 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited . attachment idem, page 49.band idem, page 60.bond idem, page 89.brace idem, page 92.cable idem, page 108.chain idem, page 122.cord idem, page 174.durance idem, page 256.fastening idem, page 308.fetter idem, page 317.imprisonment idem, page 424.knot idem, page 471.link idem, page 493.manacle idem, page 511.prison idem, page 642.rope idem, page 721.tie idem, page 874.trammel idem, page 887.union idem, page 922.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσμός ( desmós ) .
Noun
δεσμός • (desmós ) m (plural δεσμοί )
bond , tie ( emotional, social )
( chemistry ) bond
relationship , affair
( in the plural ) imprisonment , chains
Declension
δεσμά n or pl ( desmá , “ imprisonment, chains ” )