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ὁρμή

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onset, assault, onrush, outset, effort

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What it meant

1. ὁρμή · hormē — Beekes

ὁρμή [ἘΠ] ‘onset, assault, onrush, outset, effort’ (II.). <1E *sor-meh.- ‘flow, stream’ or *h,(0)r-sm- ‘uprising’> COMP As a second member in ἐφορμή ‘onset, assault’ (x 130, Th.), ἀφορμή ‘starting point, resource, etc. (IA), but these are back-formations from ἐφ-, ἀφ-ορμάω (cf. Chantraine 1933: 149). τ *DER Denominatives: 1. ὁρμαίνω [ν.}ἴο (re)consider, ponder’ (Il.), aor. -ῆναι (rarely with ἐφ-, brep-); on the mg. … — [Beekes, s.v. ὁρμή, p. 1155]

2. ὁρμή · hormē — Chantraine

ὁρμή, voir ὄρνυμι. ὅρμικας, νοῖν μύρμηξ. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὁρμή, p. 838]

3. ὁρμ-ή · horm-ē — LSJ

rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, attack, invasion, impulse

rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν Il. 9.355; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, Hdt. 1.11 ; ἡ ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁ. X. An. 3.1.10 ; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τʼ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. Il. 10.123, cf. Od. 2.403.

2 rage, shock, cast, reach, spring, speed

more freq. of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, Il. 11.157 ; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, Od. 5.320 ; ἔγχεος ὁ. Hes. Sc. 365; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spearʼs cast, within reach of my spear, Il. 5.118 ; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, Pi. N. 5.20 ; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, E. El. 112 (lyr.) : pl., of the tides, Ptol. Tetr. 3.

II impulse, effort, impulse, eager desire of, for

impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθʼ ὁρμή Il. 4.466 ; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁ. Od. 5.416 ; φιλότητος . . ἄμβροτος ὁ. Emp. 35.13 ; πίστιος ὁ. Id. 114.3 ; ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τις γίνεται ὁ. Hdt. 7.18 ; μαινομένᾳ σὺν ὁρμᾷ S. Ant. 135 (lyr.), cf. Tr. 720 ; τίς προσήγαγε χρεία; τίς ὁ.; Id. Ph. 237; οὕτω καθʼ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal, ib. 566 ; εἰ . . ἄγοι αὐτὸν ὁ. θειοτέρα Pl. Phdr. 279a : joined with ἐπιθυμία, Id. Phlb. 35d, Th. 3.36 ; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, X. An. 3.2.9 ;

2 appetition

in Stoic philosophy, appetition, including reasoned choice and irrational impulse, Stoic. 3.40, al.

3

Pythag. name for 2, Anatolius ap. Theol.Ar. 8.

III setting oneself in motion, start, the point of starting, start, point at which, start

setting oneself in motion, start on a march, etc., ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, X. An. 2.1.3, cf. Arist. Rh. 1393a3 ; ἐπὶ παντὸς ὁρμῇ . . πράγματος at the start of every undertaking, Pl. Ti. 27c ; ἡ ὁ. [τούτων τῶν ἀνέμων] the point at which these winds start, Arist. Mete. 364b5, cf. Pl. R. 511b (pl.). (Cf. Skt. sárati ‘flow’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὁρμή (scan p. 1155; entry #4647).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὁρμή (scan p. 838; entry #6030).

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