ὁρμαίνω

I turn over, revolve anxiously in the mind, debate, ponder, ponder over, meditate

poet. Verb, in Hom. always, turn over or revolve anxiously in the mind, debate, ponder, mostly c. acc., ἧος ὁ ταῦθʼ ὥρμαινε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν Il. 1.193, etc. : more shortly, κατὰ φρένα 10.507; ἐνὶ φρεσίν Od. 4.843, h.Merc. 66 ; φρεσίν Il. 10.4, Od. 3.151 ; ἀνὰ θυμόν 2.156 ; θυμῷ A.R. 3.451 ; μετὰ φρεσί ib. 18; also ὁρμαίνειν τι alone, ponder over, meditate, πόλεμον, πλόον, etc., Il. 10.28, Od. 3.169, etc.; πολλά or ἄλλα δέ οἱ κῆρ ὅρμαινε 7.83, 18.345; ὁρμαίνων τέρας Pi. O. 8.41.

2 think, muse, debated with himself

abs., think, muse, ὣς ὥρμαινε thus he debated with himself, Il. 21.64, cf. 14.20.

3 debate, debate, ponder

folld. by a clause, ἤ . . , ἦ . . debate whether . . , or . . , 16.435, Od. 4.789, 15.300; ὁ. ὅπως debate, ponder how a thing is to be done, Il. 21.137, 24.680.

4 long, desire, rushing on to

c. inf., long, desire, Hom. Epigr. 4.16, A.R. 3.620, Theoc. 24.26; ὁ. νᾶας καῦσαι rushing on to . . , B. 12.106.

II

after Hom.,

1 set in motion, drive forth, gasp out, excite, urge

set in motion, drive forth, θυμὸν ὁ. gasp out oneʼs life, A. Ag. 1388 (ὀρυγάνει cj. Hermann); excite, urge, τινὰ πορεύειν Pi. O. 3.25 (v.l. ὥρμα).

2 to be eager, impatient, chafe, fret, eagerly, quickly

intr., to be eager or impatient, chafe, fret, [ἵππος] βοὴν σάλπιγγος ὁρμαίνει κλύων A. Th. 394 ; κέαρ ὁ. B. Fr. 16.12 ; ἄπρηκτον ὁ. Semon. 1.7 : part. ὁρμαίνων eagerly, quickly, Pi. O. 13.84.