ὁρμ-ητήριον · horm-ētērion — LSJ
stimulant, incentive
stimulant, incentive, X. Eq. 10.15 (pl.).
II starting-place, military position, base of operations, naval station, lair, base, head-quarters
(from Med. ὁρμάομαι) starting-place, military position, base of operations, Isoc. 4.162, D. 19.219 and 326 ; ὁρμητηρίῳ χρῆσθαι ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Plb. 1.17.5, cf. 5.3.8 ; of a naval station, Str. 5.2.5 ; πόλιν καὶ λιμένας καὶ ὁρματήρια (Dor.) παρέχειν SIG 581.10 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.); of a wild beastʼs lair, Plu. Sollert. 2.961c: metaph., ὁ. ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς εὐφὺς ἔχοντι τὴν φιλαυτίαν ib. Aud. 48f; ὁ. τῆς εὑρέσεως base for investigation, Gal. 4.634, cf. 10.158 ; πόλις ὁ. ἀκολασίας its head-