ὁρμάω

ὁρμάω, [tense] fut.

A

-ήσω Pl.Lg.875b

: [tense] aor.

ὥρμησα Il.6.338

, Pl.Ion534c; [dialect] Lacon. imper. ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, = ὅρμησον, Ar.Lys.1247: [tense] pf.

ὥρμηκα Pl.Plt.265a

:—[voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., Pi.N.1.5, A.Pr.339, Hdt.1.17, etc.: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ὡρμᾶτο Il.3.142

: [tense] fut.

ὁρμήσομαι Hdt.5.34

, X.Cyr.7.1.9,

ὁρμηθήσομαι Gal.5.85

: [tense] aor.

ὡρμησάμην Il.21.595

, v.l. in Hes.Sc. 127 ([etym.] 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.: [tense] pf.

ὥρμημαι S.El.70

, E. El.340, Th.6.33, etc.: [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf. and [tense] 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: ([etym.] ὁρμή):

A [voice] 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.):—[voice] 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

:—[voice] 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 ([dialect] 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 [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., like the intr. [voice] 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.).