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ὁρμίζω , Ep. fut.
A.-ίσσωIl.14.77: aor. “ὥρμισαOd.4.785, etc.:— Med. and Pass., fut. “-ιοῦμαιTh.6.42 : aor. “ὡρμισάμηνHdt.9.96, Th. 2.86, etc.: less freq. ὡρμίσθην (v. infr.): pf. “ὥρμισμαιE.IT1328: (ὅρμος II):—bring to a safe anchorage, bring into harbour, moor, anchor,νῆαOd.3.11, 12.317, cf. Hdt.6.107 ; “ἐπ᾽ ἀγκυρῶν [τριήρεις]Th.7.59 ; ὑψοῦ δ᾽ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γ᾽ ὥρμισαν moored the ship in the deeper water, Od.4.785, 8.55 ; “ὁρμίσας ἕκαστον ἀσκόν, λίθους ἀρτήσας καὶ ἀφεὶς ὥσπερ ἀγκύραςX.An.3.5.10 ; οἴκαδ᾽ . πλάτην bring the ship safe home, E.Tr.1155 (v. l.); . τινὰ εἰς λιμένας, of Zeus, AP9.9 (Jul. Polyaen.); bring to land, ἀσπίδα . . θάλασσα . . παρὰ τύμβον . . ὥρμισεν ib.115: metaph., ἐν σπαργάνοισι παιδὸς ὁρμίσαι δίκην that she wrapped it safely, put it to rest, in swathing bands, A.Ch.529.
2. metaph., to be in haven, i. e. rest in safety,εἰς λιμένα τὸν τῆς τέχνηςPhilem. 213.9 ; ὁρμίζεσθαι τὴν τελευταίαν ὅρμισιν, i.e. to die, Ael.Fr.79 ; “ἐκ τύχης ὡρμισμένονdependent on . . , E.HF203.
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    • Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 529
    • Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, 22
    • Demosthenes, On the Halonnesus, 15
    • Euripides, Heracles, 203
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1328
    • Euripides, Orestes, 242
    • Euripides, Trojan Women, 1155
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.107
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.96
    • Homer, Odyssey, 3.11
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.785
    • Homer, Odyssey, 8.55
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.317
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 546
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.86
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.42
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.59
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.11
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.5.10
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.1.15
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.2.2
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.4.18
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.77
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