Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *armóďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (to join, fit, fix together).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἁρμόζω (harmózō)

  1. to fit together; join (for the purpose of construction, planks)
  2. to join together (words) (of a poet)
  3. to betroth (a girl to a man, a man to a woman)
  4. to apply (good order or discipline); to govern (a people); (of a Spartan) to be a harmost or governor (in a subject city), be ruled (by laws) be disciplined (by a teacher)
  5. to arrange, command
  6. to compose
  7. to harmonise (with each other), be brought into harmony or attunement (of a soul, with itself)
  8. to fit, suit, be adapted well for
  9. (of a musician) to tune (a certain musical mode)
  10. to tune (a lyre)
  11. to attune (the harmony of one's body)
  12. (of a bird) to correspond (to a god; of predictions, to later events)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • > Greek: αρμόζω (armózo) (inherited)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἁρμόζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 134-5

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