ἐν-)όρμισμα

ὅρμισμα

neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὅρμισμα

neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὅρμ-ισμα, ατος, τό,

A = ὅρμος 11, metaph., Heraclit.All.61.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `anchorage, road(stead), harbour', also metaph. (Il.).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὁρμο-φύλαξ `harbour-master' (pap.); often as 2. member, e.g. πάν-ορμος `offering anchorage to all (ships)' ( λιμένες, ν 195), often as PN (Sicily a.o.), δύσ-ορμος `with a bad harbour, inhospitable' (A., X.); often w. preposition, partly as backformations from the relevant verbs: ἔξ-ορμος `sailing out' (E.: ἐξ-ορμέω; Strömberg Prefix Studies 58), ὕφ-ορμος `at anchor, fit for anchoring' (Ph., Str.), also subst. m. `anchorage' (Arist., Str.: ὑφ-ορμέω), πρόσ-ορμος m. `id.' (Str.: πρόσ-ορμέω, - ορμίζω).

Derivatives: Two denomin. 1. ὁρμέω, also w. ἐφ-, ἐξ-, ὑφ- a.o., `to be at anchor (in the harbour)' (IA.) with ἐφόρμησις f. and (as backformation) ἔφορμος m. `the being at anchor, blockade' (Th.). 2. ὁρμίζω, - ομαι, aor. - ίσαι, - ίσασθαι, often w. prefix, e.g. ἐν-, προσ-, καθ-, μεθ-, `to bring to resp. to arrive at the anchorage or harbour, to anchor (oneself)' (Il.) with ( προσ- a.o.) όρμισις f. `the anchoring' (Th.), ( ἐν-)όρμισμα n. `anchorage, the anchoring' (App.), προσορμισμός m. `the anchoring' (sch.), προσορμιστήριον H. as explanation of ἐπίνειον (cod. ἐπήνιον), ὁρμιστηρία f. `rope for anchoring, attaching' (Ph., D. S.), ὁρμίστρια f. "the anchoreress" surn. of Isis (pap. II^p).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [911] * ser- `string'?

Etymology: Without certain etymology. Often connected with ὁρμη, but with diff. argumentation: prop. "impulse, startingpoint" (Fick GGA 1894, 242); "a place where ships may ride at anchor" = Skt. sárma- m. `flowing' (Word ClassPhil. 3, 77), "luogo dove si getta l'ancora" (Bolelli Stud. itfilcl. 24 [1950] 104). Bq and Hofmann Et.Wb. consider for it, semantically also a little stilted, connection with εἴρω `string' ("attacher"); so prop. "attachement, Festmachung" (against this Porzig Satzinhalte 262) and with ὅρμος `chain' basically identical. Instead of operating with the abstract notion `fastening', it would be better, to explain ὅρμος `anchorage' as metaphor from ὅρμος `(anchor)-chain'; cf. AP 9, 296: τὸν ἀπ' ἀγκύρης ὅρμον ἔκειρε. -- Or to ἕρματα `supporting stones' (also unclear) ?

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