ἁρμονία, ἡ,
(ἁρμόζω) means of joining, fastening, γόμφοις μιν.. καὶ ἁρμονίῃσιν ἄρηρεν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.248] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a ship, ὄφρ᾽ ἂν.. ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ[[ [prev. work] 361. ] Refs]
__2 joint, as between a ship's planks, τὰς ἁ. ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν τῇ βύβλῳ caulked the joints with papyrus, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν διαχασκουσῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 533] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in masonry, αἱ τῶν λίθων ἁ.[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.8, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.8.8, 9.33.7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 in Anatomy, suture, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 25, “Oss.” 12] Refs 5th c.BC+]; union of two bones by mere apposition, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.737] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also in plural, adjustments, πόρων[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 250. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 framework, ῥηγνὺς ἁρμονίαν.. λύρας[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 244; βοός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.16] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the human frame, ἁρμονίην ἀναλυέμεν ἀνθρώποιο[[ 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 102; νεύρων καὶ κώλων ἔκλυτος ἁ. “Anthologia Graeca” 7.383 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); τὰς ἁ. διαχαλᾷ τοῦ σώματος 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 2.19. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4.b of the mind, δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁ. women's perverse temperament, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 162 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]