ας (ἡ) :
   I ajustement, d’où :
      1 assemblage, emboîtement (de planches, etc.) OD. (au plur.) 5, 248, 361 ; d’où jointure, joint (de deux planches, de pierres, etc.) HDT. 2, 96 ; AR. Eq. 533 ; DS. 2, 8, etc. ; soudure (de deux os) GAL. 2, 255 ;
      2 fig. accord, convention, IL. 22, 255 ; d’où loi, ordre, ESCHL. Pr. 551 ;
   II juste proportion, harmonie d’un tout (d’une construction, du corps, etc.) Ps.-PHOCYL. 102 ; HPC. 277, 6 ; 749 d ; τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν, ESCHL. Pr. 551, l’ordre harmonieux établi par Zeus ; d’où :
      1 t. de mus. accord de sons, particul. accord d’octave, PLAT. Rsp. 617 b ; PLUT. M. 1145 a, etc. ou mode (lydien, etc.) c. τόνος ou τρόπος, PD. P. 4, 45 ; PLAT. Rsp. 398 e ; ARSTT. Pol. 3, 3, 8, etc. ;
      2 arrangement de paroles pour un morceau de musique, PLAT. Theæt. 175 e, 176 a ;
      3 t. de rhét. nombre, harmonie, ARSTT. Rhet. 3, 1, 4 ;
      4 fig. conformation de l’esprit, caractère, tempérament, EUR. Hipp. 162.

➳ Ion. -ίη, HDT. HPC. ll. cc. ; dat. pl. épq. -ίῃσιν, OD. ll. cc.

Étym. ἁρμόζω.

ἡ, (< ἁρμόζω) means of joining, fastening, γόμφοις μιν… καὶ ἁρμονίῃσιν ἄρηρεν Od. 5.248; of a ship, ὄφρ’ ἂν… ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ ib. 361.
joint, as between a ship΄s planks, τὰς ἁ. ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν τῇ βύβλῳ caulked the joints with papyrus, Hdt. 2.96; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν διαχασκουσῶν Ar. Eq. 533; also in masonry, αἱ τῶν λίθων ἁ. D.S. 2.8, cf. Paus. 8.8.8, 9.33.7. in Anatomy, suture, Hp. Off. 25, Oss. 12; union of two bones by mere apposition, Gal. 2.737; also in pl., adjustments, πόρων Epicur. Fr. 250.
framework, ῥηγνὺς ἁρμονίαν… λύρας S. Fr. 244; βοός Philostr. Im. 1.16; esp. of the human frame, ἁρμονίην ἀναλυέμεν ἀνθρώποιο Ps.-Phoc. 102; νεύρων καὶ κώλων ἔκλυτος ἁ. AP 7.383 (Phil.); τὰς ἁ. διαχαλᾷ τοῦ σώματος Epicr. 2.19. of the mind, δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁ. women΄s perverse temperament, E. Hipp. 162 (lyr.).
framework of the universe, Corp.Herm. 1.14.
covenant, agreement, in pl., μάρτυροι… καὶ ἐπίσκοποι ἁρμονιάων Il. 22.255.
settled government, order, τὰν Διὸς ἁ. A. Pr. 551 (lyr.). in Music, stringing, ἁ. τόξου καὶ λύρας Heraclit. 51, cf. Pl. Smp. 187a; hence, method of stringing, musical scale, Philol. 6, etc., Nicom. Harm. 9; esp.
octave, ἐκ πασῶν ὀκτὼ οὐσῶν [φωνῶν] μίαν ἁ. συμφωνεῖν Pl. R. 617b; ἑπτὰ χορδαὶ ἡ ἁ. Arist. Metaph. 1093a14, cf. Pr. 919b21; of the planetary spheres, in Pythag. theory, Cael. 290b13, Mu. 399a12, etc. generally, music, αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ῥυθμῷ μιμοῦνται χωρὶς ἁ. Id. Po. 1447a26.
special type of scale, mode, ἁ. Λυδία Pi. N. 4.46; Αἰολίς or -ηΐς Pratin. Lyr. 5, Lasus I, cf. Pl. R. 398e, al., Arist. Pol. 1276b8, 1341b35, etc. esp.
the enharmonic scale, Aristox. Harm. p. I M., Plu. 2.1135a, al. ἁρμονίαν λόγων λαβών a due arrangement of words, fit to be set to music, Pl. Tht. 175e.
intonation or pitch of the voice, Arist. Rh. 1403b31. metaph of persons and things, harmony, concord, Pl. R. 431e, etc. personified, as a mythical figure, h.Ap. 195, Hes. Th. 937, etc. ; Philos., like φιλότης, principle of Union, opp. Νεῖκος, Emp. 122.2, cf. 27.3.
Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 16.
name of a remedy, Gal. 13.61; of a plaster, Paul.Aeg. 3.62.

ἡ, die Fügung ; eigentl. fem. von ἁρμόνιος, welches adjekt. zu einem wenigstens als Appellat. ungebräuchl. ἅρμων ist ; verwandt ἁρμός, ἅρμα, ἄρω. Hom., bei dem nach Scholl. Od. 5.248 ἁρμονιά zu betonen ist, hat das Wort dreimal : Od. 5.248 γόμφοισιν δ' ἄρα τήν γε καὶ ἁρμονιῇσιν ἄρασσεν, wahrscheinl. Klammern ; 5.361 ὄφρ' ἂν μέν κεν δούρατ' ἐν ἁρμονιῇσιν ἀρήρῃ, so lange die Balken zusammenhalten ; Il. 22.255 τοὶ γὰρ ἄριστοι μάρτυροι ἔσσονται καὶ ἐπίσκοποι ἁρμονιάων, des Vertrages, plur. statt des sing.
Bei den Folg.: Bindungsmittel, τοίχων ἁρμ. δέδεται Antiphil. 27 (IX.306); die Fugen, τὰς ἁρμονίας ἐπάκτωσαν βίβλῳ Her. 2.96 ; Sp., wie DS. 2.8 ; Plut.; Fügung, Verhängnis, Διός Aesch. Prom. 550 ; das richtige Verhältnis aller Teile zum Ganzen, Uebereinstimmung, Proportion, ἡ ἐν σώματι Plat. Rep. IX.591d ; αἱ ἐν τοῖς φθόγγοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῶν δημιουργῶν ἔργοις πᾶσι Phaed. 86c ; in der Musik, Einklang, Harmonie ; Tonart, Λυδία Pind. 4.45 ; Folgde. Bei den Rhetoren Wohlklang im Periodenbau, Arist. rhet. 3.1.

1. a fastening to keep ship-planks together, a clamp , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. a joining, joint , between a ship's planks, τὰς ἁρμ. ἐπάκτωσαν τῆι βύβλωι caulked the joints with byblus, (Herdotus Historicus)
3. a frame : metaphorically, δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁρμ. women's perverse temperament , (Euripides)
4. a covenant, agreement , in plural, (Iliad by Homer):—; settled government, order , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
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, (Homeric Hymns)
6. metaphorically, harmony, concord , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)