Lexicon / G8550
ὅρμος
hormos
  • a mooring

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Glosses: a mooring

1. a cord, chain , especially a necklace, collar , (Homer), attic

2. generally, anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, chaplet , (Pindar); στεφάνων ὅρμος a string of crowns, i. e. of praises, (Pindar)

3. a dance performed in a ring , (Lucian)

4. a roadstead, anchorage, moorings , (Iliad by Homer), attic

5. metaphorically a haven, place of shelter or refuge , [Refs 5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina

6. = ἕρμα 1, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)