Ancient Greek

Noun

δεσμός • ‎(desmós) m ‎(genitive δεσμοῦ); second declension

1. bond, fetter
2. collar, halter
3. bondage, imprisonment
4. spell, charm

Inflection

• δεσμά ‎(desmá) is often used as the plural form.

Descendants

• English: desmid
• Greek: δεσμός m ‎(desmós, “relationship”)

  δεσμά n, pl ‎(desmá, “imprisonment, chains”)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• δεσμός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1199”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attachment idem, page 49.
  • band idem, page 60.
  • bond idem, page 88.
  • 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.

Noun

δεσμός • ‎(desmós) m ‎(plural δεσμοί)

1. bond, tie (emotional, social)
2. (chemistry) bond
3. relationship, affair
4. (plural) imprisonment, chains

Declension

Related terms

• δεσμά n, pl ‎(desmá, “imprisonment, chains”)