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|Definition=used by Hom. only in pres., impf., and aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὥρμηνα <span class="bibl">Il.21.137</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.156</span>: (ὁρμάω) :—poet. Verb, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. always, [[turn over]] or <b class="b2">revolve anxiously in the mind, debate, ponder</b>, mostly c. acc., ἧος ὁ ταῦθ' ὥρμαινε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν <span class="bibl">Il.1.193</span>, etc. : more shortly, κατὰ φρένα <span class="bibl">10.507</span>; ἐνὶ φρεσίν <span class="bibl">Od.4.843</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>66</span> ; φρεσίν <span class="bibl">Il. 10.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.151</span> ; ἀνὰ θυμόν <span class="bibl">2.156</span> ; θυμῷ <span class="bibl">A.R.3.451</span> ; <b class="b3">μετὰ φρεσί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">18</span>; also <b class="b3">ὁρμαίνειν τι</b> alone, [[ponder over]], [[meditate]], [[πόλεμον]], [[πλόον]], etc., <span class="bibl">Il. 10.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.169</span>, etc.; [[πολλά]] or ἄλλα δέ οἱ κῆρ ὅρμαινε <span class="bibl">7.83</span>, <span class="bibl">18.345</span>; ὁρμαίνων τέρας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[think]], [[muse]], <b class="b3">ὣς ὥρμαινε</b> thus he [[debated with himself]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> folld. by a clause, <b class="b3">ἤ... ἦ . .</b> [[debate]] whether... or... <span class="bibl">16.435</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.789</span>, <span class="bibl">15.300</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ. ὅπως</b> [[debate]], [[ponder]] how a thing is to be done, <span class="bibl">Il.21.137</span>, <span class="bibl">24.680</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[long]], [[desire]], <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.620</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.26</span>; ὁ. νᾶας καῦσαι <b class="b2">rushing on to . .</b>, <span class="bibl">B.12.106</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[set in motion]], [[drive forth]], <b class="b3">θυμὸν ὁ</b>. [[gasp out]] one's life, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1388</span> ([[ὀρυγάνει]] cj. Hermann); [[excite]], [[urge]], τινὰ πορεύειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.25</span> (v.l. [[ὥρμα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> intr., to [[be eager]] or [[impatient]], [[chafe]], [[fret]], [ἵππος] βοὴν σάλπιγγος ὁρμαίνει κλύων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>394</span> ; κέαρ ὁ. B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16.12 ; ἄπρηκτον ὁ. <span class="bibl">Semon.1.7</span> : part. ὁρμαίνων [[eagerly]], [[quickly]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.84</span>.</span>