ὅρμ-ημα, ατος, τό,
sudden rush, swoop, onset, ἀετοῦ [
LXX]; of attacking troops,[
LXX]; of the fall of a stone, [
NT]:
plural,
rapid movement, ὁρμήμασι νηός, ={νηῒ ὁρμωμένη}, Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) ={ὁρμή},
impulse, incitement, motive, μηδ᾽. ἡμῶν τι συνεργὸν μηδ᾽ ὅ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ὅ. μου my
indignation, [
LXX]; θαλάσσης -ήματα, of the tides, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II) the earliest exception is Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε [
Refs 8th c.BC+] as the objective
genitive, the
cares (as if from ὁρμαίνω) and groans [of the Greeks]
about Helen, i. e. caused by her; by the χωρίζοντες [
Refs]
searchings of heart and groans
of Helen; the former view is more probably, but ὁ. may be from ὁρμάομαι and mean the
rushes, struggles of war.