δεσμός

desmos

band, bond, anything for tying and fastening

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 4
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Book Β 1
Chapter 1 995a24–996a17

995a30
Book Δ 1
Chapter 6 1015b16–1017a6

1016a1
Book Η 1
Chapter 2 1042b9–1043a28

1042b17
Book Ι 1
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8

1052a20
On Sleep 2
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Chapter 1 453b11–455a3

454b10
454b26
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1131a8
History of Animals 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

576b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

δεσμός, ὁ, pl. 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):—Α. 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. 3. ligature, Arist. HA 495b13, al. 4. δ. ἄρθρου in Hp. Fract. 37 is expld. by Gal. ad loc. as ankylosis. 5. spell, charm, Iamb. Myst. 3.27. II. = δέσμη, Pap. in Philol. 80.341, Poll. 2.135, Eust. 862.27; ἀσπαράγου δ. BGU 1120.14 (i B. C.); δ. ἀργυρίου LXX Ge. 42.27; cf. δέσις III.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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