ἅρμα, ατος, τό,
chariot, especially
war-chariot, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also,
racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
travelling-chariot, [
NT]
2)
chariot and horses, yoked chariot, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] of three goddesses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρον[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep
chariot-horses for racing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅρματος τροφεύς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης
a ship, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
a mountain district in Attica, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence proverbial, ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη, i.e.
seldom or
never, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III) [
Refs 4th c.BC+] name for
unity, [
Refs]