ὁρμή

ὁρμ-ή, ἡ,

• rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν Il. 9.355; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, Hdt. 1.11; ἡ ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁ. X. An. 3.1.10; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τʼ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. Il. 10.123, cf. Od. 2.403.
• • • 2 more freq. of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, Il. 11.157; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, Od. 5.320; ἔγχεος ὁ. Hes. Sc. 365; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spearʼs cast, within reach of my spear, Il. 5.118; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, Pi. N. 5.20; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, E. El. 112 (lyr.): pl., of the tides, Ptol. Tetr. 3.
  • II impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθʼ ὁρμή Il. 4.466; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁ. Od. 5.416; φιλότητος . . ἄμβροτος ὁ. Emp. 35.13; πίστιος ὁ. Id. 114.3; ἐπεὶ δὲ δαιμονίη τις γίνεται ὁ. Hdt. 7.18; μαινομένᾳ σὺν ὁρμᾷ S. Ant. 135 (lyr.), cf. Tr. 720; τίς προσήγαγε χρεία; τίς ὁ.; Id. Ph. 237; οὕτω καθʼ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal, ib. 566; εἰ . . ἄγοι αὐτὸν ὁ. θειοτέρα Pl. Phdr. 279a: joined with ἐπιθυμία, Id. Phlb. 35d, Th. 3.36; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, X. An. 3.2.9; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. Th. 7.71; ὑπὸ μιᾷ τῇ ὁ. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 2: c. gen. objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, Th. 7.43, etc.: so with a Prep., ἡ ὁρμή, ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους Pl. Prm. 135d, cf. 130b; ἔχειν ὁρμὴν πρός τι Arist. MM 1185a31, al.; ὁ. ἐπέπεσέ τισι, c. inf., Th. 4.4; ὁ. παραστῆσαί τισι εἴς τι or c. inf., Plb. 2.48.5, Plu. Cor. 33; ὁ. σχεῖν, c. inf., Id. Publ. 19.
  • • 2 in Stoic philosophy, appetition, including reasoned choice and irrational impulse, Stoic. 3.40, al.
    • 3 Pythag. name for 2, Anatolius ap. Theol.Ar. 8.
  • III setting oneself in motion, start on a march, etc., ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, X. An. 2.1.3, cf. Arist. Rh. 1393a3; ἐπὶ παντὸς ὁρμῇ . . πράγματος at the start of every undertaking, Pl. Ti. 27c; ἡ ὁ. [τούτων τῶν ἀνέμων] the point at which these winds start, Arist. Mete. 364b5, cf. Pl. R. 511b (pl.). (Cf. Skt. sárati ‘flow’.)

ὁρμή, ἡ (ΟΡ), heftiger Andrang, Angriff, Anfall ; eines Kämpfers, Il. 9.355 ; eines wilden Tieres, 11.119 ; ἔγχεος ὁρμή, der Andrang, die Gewalt des geschleuderten Speeres, 5.118 ; Hes. Sc. 365, 456 ; πυρὸς ὁρμή, die Gewalt des Feuers Il. 11.157 ; κύματος ὁρμή, der Wogenandrang, Od. 5.320 ; ἔχω γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν, d.i. ich kann schnell laufen, Pind. N. 5.20 ; μαινομένᾳ ξὺν ὁρμᾷ, Soph. Ant. 135, von dem Angriffe des Kapaneus ; καθʼ ὁρμὴν δρᾶν, mit einem Anlauf, bereitwillig, Phil. 562 ; πυρός, ποδός, Eur. Troad. 1081, El. 112 ; übh. der Anschlag, das Unternehmen, Soph. El. 1502, Schol. erkl. ἐπιχείρησις ; Eur. ὁρμὴν ἂν λάβοις τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων, Suppl. 1050 ; der Angriff im Kriege, Her. 1.11 ; der Aufbruch zum Marsch, Xen. An. 2.1.3 ; der Zug selbst, οὐκ ᾔδει τὴν ἐπὶ βασιλέα ὁρμήν, 3.1.10 ; Folgde, wie Pol. – Der innere Drang, Antrieb, Eifer, ἐπεὶ δαιμονίη τις γίγνεται ὁρμή, Her. 7.18 ; ἐπὶ μείζω τις αὐτὸν ἄγοι ὁρμὴ θειοτέρα, Plat. Phaedr. 279a ; καλὴ καὶ θεία ἡ ὁρμὴ ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους, Parm. 135d ; ἐναντίαν ὁρμὴν ὁρμηθείς, Polit. 273a ; ὁρμη ἐπιπίπτει τινί c. inf., Thuc. 4.4 ; εἰς τοῦ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν ὁρμὴν προτρέψαι, Jem. Lust machen, seine Pflicht zu tun, Dem. 18.246, wie Pol. sagt ὁρμὴν παραστῆσαί τινι εἰς τὸ ποιεῖν τι, für »Einen zu dem Entschluß bewegen, Etwas zu tun«, 2.48.5 ; ἐνέπεσέ τις ὁρμή τινι, es kam ihn die Lust an, 35.5.1 ; der Anfang, ἐξ ἄλλης ὁρμῆς, von Neuem, 28.29.8 ; Sp., κατακοσμήσω τὴν ψυχὴν ὁρμῇ πρὸς τὰ σεμνότατα, Luc. somn. 10 ; oft bei Plut.

ὁρμή

-ῆς, ἡ.

• • 1

    An inciting, urging, starting : ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁρμήν (waiting on the word from me) Il. 10.123, θηρὸς ὑφʼ ὁρμῆς (in terror of the beast) Il. 11.119. Cf. Od. 2.403.

  • 2

    A rush, onset, starting : πυρὸς ὁρμῇ (the rage of the . . .) Il. 11.157 : ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς (the shock of the . . .) Od. 5.320, μελέη μοι ἔσσεται ὁρμή (my endeavour) 416.

    Sim. : ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν (that I may come within spear-cast of him) Il. 5.118.

    In hostile sense, a rush or attack : μόγις μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν Il. 9.355.

    A rush to strip a fallen foe Il. 4.466.

For Pindar, see also: ὁρμά

ὁρμή : start, impetus, rush, attack, effort; of things as well as persons, κύματος, πυρός, ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν, within the ‘cast’ of a spear, Il. 5.118; ‘departure,’ Od. 2.403; ἐμὴν ὁρμήν, ‘prompting from me,’ Il. 10.123.

ὁρμή .ὁρμη, ἡ,

• • Ia violent movement onwards, an assault, attack, onset, Lat. impetus, Il., Hdt., Xen.
  • • 2of things, πυρὸς ὁρμή the rage of fire, Il.; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, Od.; ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within reach of my spear, Il.
  • IIthe first stir or start in a thing, an effort or attempt to reach a thing, impulse to do it, Hom., Hdt., Attic:— μιᾷ ὁρμῇ with one impulse, Lat. uno impetu, Xen.; so, ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁρμῆς Thuc.:—c. gen. objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, Thuc.
  • • 2a start on a march, ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, Xen.