ὁρμάω

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   A -ήσω Pl.Lg.875b : aor. ὥρμησα Il.6.338, Pl.Ion534c; Lacon. imper. ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, = ὅρμησον, Ar.Lys.1247: pf. ὥρμηκα Pl.Plt.265a :—Med. and Pass., Pi.N.1.5, A.Pr.339, Hdt.1.17, etc.: Ep. impf. ὡρμᾶτο Il.3.142: fut. ὁρμήσομαι Hdt.5.34, X.Cyr.7.1.9, ὁρμηθήσομαι Gal.5.85: aor. ὡρμησάμην Il.21.595, v.l. in Hes.Sc. 127 (ἐφ-), never in Prose, exc. ἐξ- X.HG6.5.20 codd.: more freq. in pass. form ὡρμήθην Il.5.12, al., Th.3.98, etc.: pf. ὥρμημαι S.El.70, E. El.340, Th.6.33, etc.: Ion. 3pl. pf. and plpf. ὁρμέαται and -έατο (with vv. ll. ὡρμ-) Hdt.5.121, 8.35 ; in Hom. codd. usu. have the augm., but Aristarch. read ὁρμήθησαν in Il.10.359: (ὁρμή):    A Act.,    I causal, set in motion, urge on, cheer on, τινὰ εἰς πόλεμον Il.6.338, Th.1.127 ; τινὰ ποτὶ κλέος Pi.O.10(11).21 ; τὸ στράτευμα ὁ. ἐπὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας Hdt.8.106, cf. S.Aj.174 (lyr.), E.Or.352 (anap.); ἡ φύσις ὁρμήσει τινὰ ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν Pl.Lg.875b, cf. Ion534c ; [τὰ] ὁρμῶντα [σώματα] Hp.Epid.6.8.7; μέριμναν ὁρμήσασ' ἐπ' ἔργον E.Ph.1064 (lyr.); ὁ. τινὰ ἐκ χερός tear from one's arms, Id.Hec.143 (anap.):—Pass., ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἄρχετο inspired by the god he began, Od.8.499 ; πρὸς θεῶν ὡρμημένος S.El.70 ; ὑπὸ ἔρωτος Pl.Smp.181d ; ἵπποι . . ὁρμηθέντες ὑπὸ πληγῇσιν ἱμάσθλης urged on by... Od.13.82.    2 with a thing as the object, stir up, πόλεμον 18.376: c. acc. et inf., τὰς διόδους τῶν πτερῶν . . ὥρμησε πτεροφυεῖν Pl.Phdr.255d :—Pass., ὡρμάθη πλαγά was sped, S.El.196 (lyr.).    II more freq. intr., start,    1 c. inf., ἴρηξ ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο starts in chase of... Il.13.64; ὁσσάκι δ' ὁρμήσειε πυλάων . . ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he started to rush for the gates, 22.194 ; ὁσσάκι δ' ὁρμήσειε . . στῆναι ἐναντίβιον 21.265 ; ἐξελαύνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὸν στρατόν began to lead out... Hdt.1.76, cf.7.150 ; νίκην ὁρμῶντ' ἀλαλάξαι eager to . ., S.Ant.133 (lyr.); ὥρμα ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τοῦ λόγου Pl.R.336b.    2 c. gen., rush headlong at one, Τρώων Il.4.335 : more freq. with Preps., ὁ. ἐπί τινα Hes.Sc.403, Hdt. 1.1, etc.; πύργωμα Καδμείων ἔπι E.Supp.1220 ; εἴς τινας X.Cyr.7.1.17 ; καθ' αὑτούς Id.An.5.7.25 ; also ὁ. ἐς μάχην hasten to battle, A.Pers. 394 ; εἰς ἀγῶνα E.Ph.259(lyr.) ; εἰς τὸ διώκειν X.An.1.8.25 ; ἐπὶ ἁρπαγάς Pl.R.391d ; ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους Th.7.34 ; ὥρμασε (Dor.) ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια τῶν Σκυθᾶν SIG709.19 (Chersonesus, ii B. C.) : without any sense of hostility, rush, τᾶσδ' ἀπὸ πέτρας πηδήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω E.Supp.1015 (lyr.); ἐς πατρὸς δόμους Id.Med.1178 ; set out, ἀπὸ [τῆς Οἰνόης] Th.2.19 ; ἐς φυγήν Hdt.7.179, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἐπ' ἐκεῖνα τῆς γῆς Pl.Phd.112b; ἐπ' ἄλλον λόγον Antipho 3.4.5; ἐπὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν X.Mem.3.7.9 ; ἐπὶ τραγῳδίαν ὥρμηκε has turned to tragedy, Alex.135.14 ; δηλώσεις . . τὴν φύσιν ἐπὶ τί μάλισθ' ὥρμηκε, i. e. what your natural bent is, ib.8 ; φυσικῶς ἐπὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ὁρμᾶν Phld.Ir.93 W.; πρὸς τὰς πράξεις Id.Mus.p.71 K.; ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν Id.Acad.Ind.p.64 M. ; πρὸς τὰς ὀχείας Arist.HA 546a15 : c. acc. cogn., ὁδόν X.An.3.1.8 ; στρατείαν Id.Cyr.8.6.20.    3 abs., start, begin, ὥσπερ ὡρμήσαμεν, ἴωμεν Pl.Prt.314b, cf. R.425c; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships that were hottest in pursuit, Th.8.34.    B Med. and Pass., like the intr. Act., A. II:    1 c. inf., μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται that they put not themselves in motion, set not themselves to flee, Il.8.511 ; so διώκειν ὁρμήθησαν 10.359, cf. Od.4.282 ; ὡρμήθη κόρυθα κρατὸς ἀφαρπάξαι he rushed to snatch... Il.13.188, cf. 182 ; ἦτορ ὡρμᾶτο πτολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι was eager to... 21.572 ; μᾶλλον ὅρμητο στρατεύεσθαι was eager to march, Hdt.7.1, cf. 19, al., Th.3.45 ; ὅδε ὁ λόγος ὅρμηται λέγεσθαι this account has begun to be given, Hdt.4.16, cf. 6.86.δ' (λέγεσθαι is restored for λέγεται in 3.56); but λόγον, τὸν ὅρμητο λέγειν which he purposed to make, Id.5.50.    2 the object for or after which one goes is sts. in gen., Il.14.488, 21.595 : a case with a Prep., ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ' ἀνδράσιν Od.10.214; ἐπί τινα S.Aj.47, etc.; εἴς τινα X.Cyr.7.1.9 ; μετά τινα after one, Il.17.605 ; so ὁ. ἐπὶ τὸ ἱρόν Hdt.8.35 ; ἐς πύλας A.Th.31 ; πρὸς δόμους E.Hipp. 1152 ; ἐπ' ἀλήθειαν Pl.Sph.228c ; ἐς φυγήν Th.4.14 ; πρὸς τίσιν S.OC1328 ; πρὸς τὸ κρατεῖν Pl.R.581a ; [ἡ ποίησις] πρὸς ἡδονὴν ὥρμηται Id.Grg.502c ; οἱ περὶ λόγον ἢ παιδείαν ὁρμώμενοι persons keen about... Vett.Val.199.5 : rarely c. acc. loci, νερτέρας πλάκας S.OC1576 (lyr.).    b the starting-point is expressed by ἐκ, ὡρμᾶτ' ἐκ θαλάμοιο Il.3.142, cf. 9.178, etc. ; or ἀπό, S.Tr.156, Pl. Phd.101d, etc.; ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας Phld.Rh.1.357 S.; or by a form in -θεν, σέθεν . . ὕμνος ὁρμᾶται θέμεν αἶνον Pi.N.1.5 : in historical Prose, ὁρμᾶσθαι ἐκ . . start from, begin from, esp. of the place where one carries on any regular operations, ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι living there and going out from thence to do their daily work, Hdt.1.17 ; of fishers, ἐκ πλοίων ὁρμώμενοι Id.3.98 ; of a general, making that place his head-quarters or base of operations, Id.8.133, cf. 5.125, al., Th.1.64, 2.69, al.; ἀπ' ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος setting out, beginning with smaller means, ib.65, cf. 1.144 ; of rivers, ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ὁ. rising . ., Pl.Lg.682b.    3 abs., rush, dart, attack, Il.5.12, Od.12.126, al., S.OC1068 (lyr.); also with ἔγχεϊ, ξιφέεσσι, etc., added, Il. 5.855, 17.530, 13.496, al.    b generally, hasten, be eager, ὁρμώμενον δὲ μηδαμῶς μ' ἀντισπάσῃς A.Pr.339, cf. 395 ; ἀλλ' ἥδε . . ὁρμᾶται comes forth, Id.Pers.151 (anap.); τὸ φέγγος ὁρμάσθω πυρός Id.Eu.1029 ; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητα ὁρμᾶται insolence goes fearless forth, S.Aj.197 (lyr.).