motive
From LSJ
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ. Purpose: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ. From interested motives: P. and V. ἐπὶ κέρδεσι. With what motive? P. τί βουλόμενος; (lit., wishing what). What seek you and with what motive are you here? V. τί δʼ ἐξερευνᾷς καὶ τί βουληθεὶς πάρει; (Soph., Et. 1100).
