motive

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

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 δ' ἐξερευνᾷς καὶ τί βουληθεὶς πάρει; (Sophocles, et. 1100).