ὁρμ-ή, ἡ,
rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.355 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; ἡ ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τ᾽ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.123, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.403. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 more frequently of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.157 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.320; ἔγχεος ὁ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spear's cast, within reach of my spear, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.118 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, of the tides, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθ᾽ ὁρμή [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.466; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.416; φιλότητος.. ἄμβροτος ὁ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 35.13; πίστιος ὁ. [prev. author] 114.3; ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τις γίνεται ὁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; μαινομένᾳ σὺν ὁρμᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 135 (Lyric poetry), compare “Tr.” 720 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς προσήγαγε χρεί; τίς ὁ.; [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 237 ] Refs]; οὕτω καθ᾽ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal,[[ [prev. work] 566; εἰ.. ἄγοι αὐτὸν ὁ. θειοτέρα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279a: joined with ἐπιθυμία, [prev. author] “Phlb.” 35d, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.9; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; ὑπὸ μιᾷ τῇ ὁ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.43, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so with a preposition, ἡ ὁρμή, ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 135d, compare 130b; ἔχειν ὁρμὴν πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1185a31, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἐπέπεσέ τισι, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. παραστῆσαί τισι εἴς τι or with infinitive, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 33 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁ. σχεῖν, with infinitive, [[ [prev. author] “Publ.” 19. ] Refs]