ἁρμόζω
Etym. *ἄρω
I. "to fit together, join", esp. of "joiner's" work, Od.; so in Mid. "to join for oneself, put together", id=Od.
2. generally, "to fit, adapt, prepare, make ready", Soph.:—Mid. "to suit oneself", πρός τινα Luc.
3. of marriage, ἁρμόζειν τινὶ τὴν θυγατέρα "to betroth" one's daughter to any one, Hdt.; also, ἁρμ. γάμους Eur.:—Mid. "to betroth to oneself, take to wife", τὴν θυγατέρα τινός Hdt.; (so in Mid., NTest.):— Pass., ἡρμόσθαι θυγατέρα τινὸς γυναῖκα "to have" her "betrothed or married to one", Hdt.
4. "to set in order, regulate, govern", Eur.: Pass., Soph.; κονδύλοις ἡρμοττόμην I "was ruled or drilled" with cuffs, Ar.:—among the Lacedaemonians, "to act as harmostes", ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν Xen.
5. "to arrange according to the laws of harmony, to tune" instruments, Plat.:— Pass., ἡρμοσμένος "in tune", id=Plat.
II. intr. "to fit, fit well", of clothes or armour, c. dat. pers., Il.
2. "to fit, suit, be adapted, fit for", τινί Soph.
3. impers. ἁρμόζει, "it is fitting", Lat. decet, c. acc. et inf., id=Soph.
4. part., ἁρμόττων, ουσα, ον, "fitting, suitable", Plat.; πρός τι Xen.