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|txtha=ἀφορμῆς, ἡ ([[ἀπό]] and [[ὁρμή]] [[which]] [[see]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], a [[place]] from [[which]] a [[movement]] or [[attack]] is made, a [[base]] of operations: [[Thucydides]] 1,90 ([[τήν]] Πελοποννησον πᾶσιν ἀναχωρησιν τέ καί ἀφορμήν ἱκανήν [[εἶναι]]); [[Polybius]] 1,41, 6.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[metaphorically]], "[[that]] by [[which]] endeavor is [[excited]] and from [[which]] it goes [[forth]]; [[that]] [[which]] gives [[occasion]] and [[supplies]] [[matter]] for an [[undertaking]], the [[incentive]]; the [[resources]] we [[avail]] [[ourselves]] of in attempting or performing [[anything]]": [[Xenophon]], mem. 3,12, 4 (τοῖς ἑαυτῶν παισί καλλιους ἀφορμας | |txtha=ἀφορμῆς, ἡ ([[ἀπό]] and [[ὁρμή]] [[which]] [[see]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], a [[place]] from [[which]] a [[movement]] or [[attack]] is made, a [[base]] of operations: [[Thucydides]] 1,90 ([[τήν]] Πελοποννησον πᾶσιν ἀναχωρησιν τέ καί ἀφορμήν ἱκανήν [[εἶναι]]); [[Polybius]] 1,41, 6.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[metaphorically]], "[[that]] by [[which]] endeavor is [[excited]] and from [[which]] it goes [[forth]]; [[that]] [[which]] gives [[occasion]] and [[supplies]] [[matter]] for an [[undertaking]], the [[incentive]]; the [[resources]] we [[avail]] [[ourselves]] of in attempting or performing [[anything]]": [[Xenophon]], mem. 3,12, 4 (τοῖς ἑαυτῶν παισί καλλιους ἀφορμας εἰς [[τόν]] βίον καταλειπουσι), and [[often]] in Greek writings; λαμβάνειν, to [[take]] [[occasion]], [[find]] an [[incentive]], διδόναι, Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 223 f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 304). | ||
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