δέσμ-ιος, ον,
binding: metaphorically, binding as with a spell, enchaining, with genitive, ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων δ. φρενῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 332 (Lyric poetry), compare 306. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II passive, bound, captive, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 299, “Ph.” 608, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 226, “POxy.” 580 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; on leash, [κύων] probably in [[Aen. Tact. 31.32 ] Refs]; δ. φυγών, ={ἐκ δεσμῶν}, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 792. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]