ὁρμαθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅρμος (hórmos, cord, chain), with a suffix found also in γυργαθός (gurgathós) and κάλαθος (kálathos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὁρμᾰθός • (hormathós) m (genitive ὁρμᾰθοῦ); second declension

  1. string, chain or cluster of things hanging one from the other
  2. bead or link of a chain

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ὁρμᾰθῐ́ζω (hormathízō)
  • ὁρμᾰ́θῐον (hormáthion)

Further reading

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