ὅρμ-ημα,ατος,τό,
A. sudden rush, swoop, onset,
ἀετοῦ
LXX De. 28.49
; of attacking troops, ib. 1 Ma. 4.8 , al.; of the fall of a stone, Apoc. 18.21 : pl.,rapid movement, ὁρμήμασι νηός,
= νηὶ̈ ὁρμωμένη , Orac. ap. Ael. NA 13.21 .
2.
= ὁρμή ,impulse, incitement, motive,
μηδ' . . ἡμῶν τι συνεργὸν μηδ' ὅ.
Epicur. Nat. 98
G., cf. Plu. 2.452c ;τὸ ὅ. μουmyindignation,
LXX Ho. 5.10 ;θαλάσσης -ήματα,of the tides, Procl. Par.Ptol. 4 .
II. the earliest ex. is Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε
Il. 2.356
, 590 , whereἙλένηςis taken by Aristarch. ap. Sch.A as the objective gen., thecares(as if fromὁρμαίνω) and groans [of the Greeks]aboutHelen, i. e. caused by her; by theχωρίζοντες(ibid.) as the subjective gen., thesearchings of heartand groansofHelen ; the former view is more prob., butὁ.may be fromὁρμάομαιand mean therushes, strugglesof war.