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παρορμ-άω

parormao

urge on, stimulate, incite

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παρορμ-άω · parorm-aō — LSJ

urge on, stimulate, incite, to be eager, has started

urge on, stimulate, incite, τινα X. Cyr. 2.4.10 ; εἰς τἀγαθόν ib. 2.2.1 ; ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ ἔργα ib. 8.1.12 ; πρός τι Arist. MM 1206a9, Phld. Rh. 2.60 S.; εἰς ἀκολασίαν Phld. Mus. p.35 K.: c. acc. rei, π. συνουσίαν Dsc. 2.140, 3.129 ; ἀφροδίσια Id. 1.16 : c. inf., X. Cyr. 8.1.43, Arist. EN 1179b7 :—Pass., to be eager, ἐπί τι Plb. 2.22.6 ; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλους D C. 40.46 ; πρὸς τὸ φιλοδοξεῖν OGI 339.91 (Sestus, ii B. C.) :—intr. in Act., παρορμᾶν πρός τι D.L. 6.83 ; παρορμῶντος τοῦ σώματος when the body has st

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