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ὁρμίζω

hormizo

bring to a safe anchorage, bring into harbour, moor, anchor

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁρμίζω, Ep. fut. -ίσσω Il. 14.77: aor. ὥρμισα Od. 4.785, etc.:— Med. and Pass., fut. -ιοῦμαι Th. 6.42 : aor. ὡρμισάμην Hdt. 9.96, Th. 2.86, etc.: less freq. ὡρμίσθην (v. infr.): pf. ὥρμισμαι E. IT 1328: (ὅρμος II):—A. bring to a safe anchorage, bring into harbour, moor, anchor, νῆα Od. 3.11, 12.317, cf. Hdt. 6.107 ; ἐπʼ ἀγκυρῶν [τριήρεις] Th. 7.59 ; ὑψοῦ δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὥρμισαν moored the ship in the deeper water, Od. 4.785, 8.55 ; ὁρμίσας ἕκαστον ἀσκόν, λίθους ἀρτήσας καὶ ἀφεὶς ὥσπερ ἀγκύρας X. An. 3.5.10 ; οἴκαδʼ ὁ. πλάτην bring the ship safe home, E. Tr. 1155 (v. l.); ὁ. τινὰ εἰς λιμένας, of Zeus, AP 9.9 (Jul. Polyaen.); bring to land, ἀσπίδα . . θάλασσα . . παρὰ τύμβον . . ὥρμισεν ib.115: metaph., ἐν σπαργάνοισι παιδὸς ὁρμίσαι δίκην that she wrapped it safely, put it to rest, in swathing bands, A. Ch. 529. II. Med. and Pass., come to anchor, lie at anchor, Hdt. 9.96, Antipho 5.22 ; Κύπριδος ὁρμισθεῖσα . . ἐν λιμένεσσιν Emp. 98.3, cf. E. Or. 242 ; ἐπὶ τῷ Ῥίῳ, ἔξω [τοῦ Ῥίου] ὡρμίσαντο, Th. 2.86; ὡρμίσαντο παρὰ τῇ Χερρονήσῳ X. An. 6.2.2 ; πρὸς ταὐτὸν ὁρμισθεὶς πέδον having come to a place and anchored there, S. Ph. 546 ; πρὸς τὴν γῆν ὁρμισθείς X. HG 1.4.18 ; ὡρμίσαντο εἰς Ἁρμήνην Id. An. 6.1.15, cf. D. 7.15, etc.; ταῖς λοιπαῖς [ναυσὶν] ἐς τὸ νησίδιον ὁρμίζονται Th. 8.11. 2. metaph., to be in haven, i. e. rest in safety, εἰς λιμένα τὸν τῆς τέχνης Philem. 213.9 ; ὁρμίζεσθαι τὴν τελευταίαν ὅρμισιν, i.e. to die, Ael. Fr. 79 ; ἐκ τύχης ὡρμισμένον dependent on . . , E. HF 203.
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