ἐξορμάω,
send forth, send to war, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 46, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1437 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάλιν ἐ. bring quickly back, [[ [prev. author] “IA” 151 codices (_anapaest meter_)] Refs]; ἐ. τὴν ναῦν start the ship, set it agoing, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14; κοῦφον ἐ. πόδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 659 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, set out, start, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.51, etc.; πρὸς ἔργον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1240; ἐπ᾽ ἔργον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 162 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of arrows, dart from the bow, γλυφίδες τόξων ἐξορμώμεναι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 274, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; move rapidly, rush, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 30; τὸ κεῖσε δεῦρό τ᾽ ἐ. [prev. author] “Tr.” 929. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 excite to action, urge on, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 788, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.6, 88; ἐ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, like passive, set out, start, especially in haste, μή σε λάθῃσιν κεῖσ᾽ ἐξορμήσασα (i.e. νηῦς) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.221; δεῦρο ἐξωρμῶμεν πεζῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.17 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive, set out from, χθονός [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1131, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, break out, ἤνθηκεν, ἐξώρμηκεν [ἡ νόσος] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1089. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]