- ἁρμονία
- a joint
- 1. a fastening to keep ship-planks together, a clamp , [8th/7th c.BC]
2. a joining, joint , between a ship's planks, τὰς ἁρμ. ἐπάκτωσαν τῆι βύβλωι caulked the joints with byblus, [Refs 5th c.BC]
3. a frame : metaph., δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁρμ. women's perverse temperament , [Refs 5th c.BC]
4. a covenant, agreement , in pl., [8th/7th c.BC]:—; settled government, order , [6th/5th c.BC]
5. harmony , as a concord of sounds , first as a mythical personage, Harmonia, Music , companion of Hebe, the Graces and the Hours; child of the Muses, [7th/6th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]
6. metaph., harmony, concord , [5th/4th c.BC] (ML)