ὁρμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὅρμος (hórmos, “cord, necklace, collar”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, suffix forming diminutive nouns)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hor.mís.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)orˈmis.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈmis.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈmis.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /orˈmis.kos/

Noun

ὁρμῐ́σκος • (hormĭ́skos) m (genitive ὁρμῐ́σκου); second declension

small necklace
- Inscriptiones Graecae 1².317.6
- Chares, Ath. 3.93c–d
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Canticles 1.10
- 2nd century BCE, Inscriptiones Graecae 12⁸.51.18, (from Imbros)
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.665
- 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 8.4
signetcord
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 38.18:
  ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τίνα τὸν ἀρραβῶνά σοι δώσω; ἡ δὲ εἶπε· τὸν δακτύλιόν σου καὶ τὸν ὁρμίσκον, καὶ τὴν ράβδον τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ.
  ho dè eîpe; tína tòn arrhabôná soi dṓsō? hē dè eîpe; tòn daktúlión sou kaì tòn hormískon, kaì tḕn rábdon tḕn en tēî kheirí sou. kaì édōken autēî kaì eisêlthe pròs autḗn, kaì en gastrì élaben ex autoû.
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- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 38.25:
  αὐτὴ δὲ ἀγομένη ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὸν πενθερὸν αὐτῆς λέγουσα· ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὗτινος ταῦτά ἐστιν, ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω. καὶ εἶπεν· ἐπίγνωθι, τίνος ὁ δακτύλιος καὶ ὁ ὁρμίσκος καὶ ἡ ράβδος αὕτη.
  autḕ dè agoménē apésteile pròs tòn pentheròn autês légousa; ek toû anthrṓpou, hoûtinos taûtá estin, egṑ en gastrì ékhō. kaì eîpen; epígnōthi, tínos ho daktúlios kaì ho hormískos kaì hē rábdos haútē.
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- 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.16.2
collar
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὁρμῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὁρμῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁρμῐ́σκος ho hormĭ́skos	τὼ ὁρμῐ́σκω tṑ hormĭ́skō	οἱ ὁρμῐ́σκοι hoi hormĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁρμῐ́σκου toû hormĭ́skou	τοῖν ὁρμῐ́σκοιν toîn hormĭ́skoin	τῶν ὁρμῐ́σκων tôn hormĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ὁρμῐ́σκῳ tōî hormĭ́skōi	τοῖν ὁρμῐ́σκοιν toîn hormĭ́skoin	τοῖς ὁρμῐ́σκοις toîs hormĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ὁρμῐ́σκον tòn hormĭ́skon	τὼ ὁρμῐ́σκω tṑ hormĭ́skō	τοὺς ὁρμῐ́σκους toùs hormĭ́skous
Vocative	ὁρμῐ́σκε hormĭ́ske	ὁρμῐ́σκω hormĭ́skō	ὁρμῐ́σκοι hormĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὁρμῐ́σκῐον n (hormĭ́skĭon)