ὁρμάω,
future -ήσω[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ὥρμησα [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
Laconian dialect imperative ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, ={ὅρμησον}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect ὥρμηκα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle and
passive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
Epic dialect imperfect ὡρμᾶτο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
future ὁρμήσομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ὡρμησάμην [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἐφ-), never in Prose, except ἐξ- [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
perfect ὥρμημαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
perfect and
pluperfect ὁρμέαται and -έατο (with variants ὡρμ-) [
Refs 8th c.BC+] codices usually have the augment, but [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: (ὁρμή):
A)
active,
I) causal,
set in motion, urge on, cheer on, τινὰ εἰς πόλεμον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ. τινὰ ἐκ χερός
tear from one's arms, [
Refs] —
passive, ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἄρχετο
inspired by the god he began, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵπποι. ὁρμηθέντες ὑπὸ πληγῇσιν ἱμάσθλης
urged on by, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2) with a thing as the object,
stir up, πόλεμον [
Refs]: with
accusative et
infinitive, τὰς διόδους τῶν πτερῶν. ὥρμησε πτεροφυεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, ὡρμάθη πλαγά
was sped, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) more frequently
intransitive,
start, II.1) with
infinitive, ἴρηξ ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο
starts in chase of, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων. ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he
started to rush for the gates,[
Refs]; ἐξελαύνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὸν στρατόν
began to lead out, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
eager to, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) with
genitive,
rush headlong at one, Τρώων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὁ. ἐς μάχην
hasten to battle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥρμασε (
Doric dialect) ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια τῶν Σκυθᾶν [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]: without any sense of hostility,
rush, τᾶσδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρας πηδήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
set out, ἀπὸ [τῆς Οἰνόης] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τραγῳδίαν ὥρμηκε
has turned to tragedy, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; δηλώσεις. τὴν φύσιν ἐπὶ τί μάλισθ᾽ ὥρμηκε, i. e. what your natural
bent is,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
absolutely,
start, begin, ὥσπερ ὡρμήσαμεν, ἴωμεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships
that were hottest
in pursuit, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B)
middle and
passive, like the
intransitive active, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B.1) with
infinitive, μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται
that they put not
themselves in motion, set not
themselves to flee, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡρμήθη κόρυθα κρατὸς ἀφαρπάξαι
he rushed to snatch, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦτορ ὡρμᾶτο πτολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι
was eager to, [
Refs]; μᾶλλον ὅρμητο στρατεύεσθαι
was eager to march, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅδε ὁ λόγος ὅρμηται λέγεσθαι this account
has begun to be given, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but λόγον, τὸν ὅρμητο λέγειν which
he purposed to make, [
Refs]
B.2) the object
for or
after which one goes is sometimes in
genitive, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: a case with a
preposition, ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσιν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετά τινα
after one, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ λόγον ἢ παιδείαν ὁρμώμενοι persons
keen about, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.2.b) the starting-point is expressed by ἐκ, ὡρμᾶτ᾽ ἐκ θαλάμοιο [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; or ἀπό, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or by a form in -θεν, σέθεν. ὕμνος ὁρμᾶται θέμεν αἶνον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
start from, begin from, especially of the place where one carries on any regular operations, ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι
living there and going out from thence to do their daily work, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fishers, ἐκ πλοίων ὁρμώμενοι [
Refs]; of a general,
making that place his head-quarters or
base of operations, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος
setting out, beginning with smaller means, [
Refs]; of rivers, ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ὁ.
rising, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.3)
absolutely,
rush, dart, attack, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also with ἔγχεϊ, ξιφέεσσι, etc, added, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.3.b) generally,
hasten, be eager, ὁρμώμενον δὲ μηδαμῶς μ᾽ ἀντισπάσῃς [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
comes forth, [
Refs]; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητα ὁρμᾶται insolence
goes fearless
forth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]