δεσμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέω (déō, “I bind”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dez.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dezˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðezˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðezˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðezˈmos/
Noun
δεσμός • (desmós) m (genitive δεσμοῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δεσμός ho desmós |
τὼ δεσμώ tṑ desmṓ |
οἱ δεσμοί hoi desmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δεσμοῦ toû desmoû |
τοῖν δεσμοῖν toîn desmoîn |
τῶν δεσμῶν tôn desmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δεσμῷ tōî desmōî |
τοῖν δεσμοῖν toîn desmoîn |
τοῖς δεσμοῖς toîs desmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δεσμόν tòn desmón |
τὼ δεσμώ tṑ desmṓ |
τοὺς δεσμούς toùs desmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δεσμέ desmé |
δεσμώ desmṓ |
δεσμοί desmoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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- δεσμά (desmá) is often used as the plural form.
Derived terms
- δεσμοφῠ́λᾰξ (desmophŭ́lăx)
- ἐπίδεσμος (epídesmos)
- ζυγόδεσμον (zugódesmon)
- ἱμᾰντόδεσμος (himăntódesmos)
Descendants
- Greek: δεσμός m (desmós, “relationship”)
- δεσμά n pl (desmá, “imprisonment, chains”)
- → Translingual: Desmos
- English: desmosome
Further reading
- “δεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δεσμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δεσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δεσμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δεσμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δεσμός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1199 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- attachment idem, page 49.
- band idem, page 60.
- bond idem, page 89.
- brace idem, page 92.
- cable idem, page 108.
- chain idem, page 122.
- cord idem, page 174.
- durance idem, page 256.
- fastening idem, page 308.
- fetter idem, page 317.
- imprisonment idem, page 424.
- knot idem, page 471.
- link idem, page 493.
- manacle idem, page 511.
- prison idem, page 642.
- rope idem, page 721.
- tie idem, page 874.
- trammel idem, page 887.
- union idem, page 922.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós).
Noun
δεσμός • (desmós) m (plural δεσμοί)
- bond, tie (emotional, social)
- (chemistry) bond
- relationship, affair
- (in the plural) imprisonment, chains
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δεσμός (desmós) | δεσμοί (desmoí) |
| genitive | δεσμού (desmoú) | δεσμών (desmón) |
| accusative | δεσμό (desmó) | δεσμούς (desmoús) |
| vocative | δεσμέ (desmé) | δεσμοί (desmoí) |
Related terms
- δεσμά n or pl (desmá, “imprisonment, chains”)