ὅρμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sór-mos (compare Old Armenian որմ (orm, “wall, fence”)), from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I tie, fasten”), Latin serō (“I bind”), Proto-Germanic *sarwą (“armour”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὅρμος • (hórmos) m (genitive ὅρμου); second declension

  1. a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar
  2. anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, a chaplet
  3. a kind of dance performed in a ring
  4. a roadstead, an anchorage, the inner part of a harbour
  5. a haven, a shelter

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὅρμος; τοῦ ὅρμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὅρμος
ho hórmos 		τὼ ὅρμω
tṑ hórmō 		οἱ ὅρμοι
hoi hórmoi
Genitive τοῦ ὅρμου
toû hórmou 		τοῖν ὅρμοιν
toîn hórmoin 		τῶν ὅρμων
tôn hórmōn
Dative τῷ ὅρμῳ
tôi hórmōi 		τοῖν ὅρμοιν
toîn hórmoin 		τοῖς ὅρμοις
toîs hórmois
Accusative τὸν ὅρμον
tòn hórmon 		τὼ ὅρμω
tṑ hórmō 		τοὺς ὅρμους
toùs hórmous
Vocative ὅρμε
hórme 		ὅρμω
hórmō 		ὅρμοι
hórmoi
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