ὅρμος

ὅρμος, ὁ, (εἴρω A) A. cord, chain, esp. necklace, collar, Il. 18.401, h.Ven. 163; of gold and electron, Od. 15.460, 18.295, cf. h.Ven. 88, Hes. Op. 74; χρυσεόδμητοι ὅρμοι A. Ch. 617 (lyr.); χρύσεοι E. El. 177 (lyr.), cf. IG 12.386.24, Ar. V. 677 ; ὅ. Ἐριφύλης IGΙΙ(2).161 B 42 (Delos, iii B. C.), cf. Pl. R. 590a. 2. generally, anything strung like a necklace, wreath, chaplet, Pi. O. 2.74; στεφάνων ὅρμος a string of crowns, i. e. of praises, Id. N. 4.17. 3. a kind of dance, performed in a ring by youths and maidens alternately, Luc. Salt. 11. 4. ὁρμοί (on the accent v. infr.): ἱμάντες ὑποδημάτων, Hsch. II. roadstead, anchorage, esp. the inner part of a harbour or basin, where ships lie, Il. 1.435, A. Supp. 765, 772, Ag. 665, IG 12.889,890, etc.; ὅρμον ποιέεσθαι or θέσθαι, = ὁρμίζεσθαι, Hdt. 7.193, Theoc. 13.30; τοῖσι οὕτω εἶχε ὅρμου those whom the anchorage permitted to do so, Hdt. 7.188. 2. metaph., haven, place of shelter or refuge, E. Hec. 450 (lyr.); ὅ. ἐλευθερίας AP 7.388 (Bianor) ; τὸ γῆρας . . ὅ. τῶν κακῶν Bion ap.D.L. 4.48; βίου πλεύσαντα πρὸς ὅρμον having come to the end of life, IG 2.2081; ὅρμον ὁδοιπορίης to the journeyʼs end, AP 11.317 (Pall.). b. pl., of the favourite haunts of game, X. Cyn. 10.7. III. means of mooring, attachment, AP 9.296 (Apollonid.). (Some Gramm. distd. signf. I from II, making I oxyt. ὁρμός, v. Eust. 1788.46,1967.29.)