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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”)
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”)