δέσις, εως, ἡ,
(δέω A) binding together, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; setting of stones, [[ LXX.Sir.45.11 ] LXX]; tying in bundles, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.4.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ποδῶν δ., ={ὑπόδημα}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 97. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II complication of a dramatic plot, opposed to λύσις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455b26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III ={δέσμη} (probably of a belt-purse), [[ “UPZ” 121.9 (compare δεσμός 11). ] Refs]
__IV Botan.,joint, [[Scholia 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2p.743D. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]