Strong G3729ὁρμάω
to stampede
- Transliteration
- hormaō
- Pronunciation
- hor-mah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3730; to start spur or urge on that is (reflexively) to dash or plunge: - run (violently) rush.
Detailed definition
ὁρμάω, -ῶ
(ὁρμή), [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc.;]
1. causal, to set in motion, urge on.
2. Intrans., to hasten on, rush: before εἰς, Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, Act.19:29; ἐπί, with accusative, Act.7:57.†
(AS)
(ὁρμή), [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc.;]
1. causal, to set in motion, urge on.
2. Intrans., to hasten on, rush: before εἰς, Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, Act.19:29; ἐπί, with accusative, Act.7:57.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3729 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- run4
- rush1
First verses
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- Luke 8:33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
- Acts 7:57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
- Acts 19:29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁρμάω,
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875b)]: aorist ὥρμησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534c)]; Laconian dialect imperative ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, ={ὅρμησον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1247)]: perfect ὥρμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 265a)]:—middle and passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.5, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 339, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, etc.)]: Epic dialect imperfect ὡρμᾶτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.142)]: future ὁρμήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.9, ὁρμηθήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.85)]: aorist ὡρμησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.595, variant in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 127)] (ἐφ-), never in Prose, except ἐξ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.20 codices: more frequently in _passive_ form ὡρμήθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.98, etc.)]: perfect ὥρμημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 70, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 340, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, etc.: _Ionic dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _plural_)]perfect and pluperfect ὁρμέαται and -έατο (with variants ὡρμ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.121, 8.35; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] codices usually have the augment, but [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus read ὁρμήθησαν in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.359)]: (ὁρμή):
A active,
I causal, set in motion, urge on, cheer on, τινὰ εἰς πόλεμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127; τινὰ ποτὶ κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).21; τὸ στράτευμα ὁ. ἐπὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 174 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 352 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ φύσις ὁρμήσει τινὰ ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875b, compare “Ion” 534c; [τὰ] ὁρμῶντα [σώματα] 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.8.7; μέριμναν ὁρμήσασ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔργον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1064 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ. τινὰ ἐκ χερός tear from one's arms, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 143 (_anapaest meter_):)] —passive, ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἄρχετο inspired by the god he began, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.499; πρὸς θεῶν ὡρμημένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 70; ὑπὸ ἔρωτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 181d)]; ἵπποι.. ὁρμηθέντες ὑπὸ πληγῇσιν ἱμάσθλης urged on by.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.82.)]
I.2 with a thing as the object, stir up, πόλεμον [Refs (18.376)]: with accusative et infinitive, τὰς διόδους τῶν πτερῶν.. ὥρμησε πτεροφυεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d)]:—passive, ὡρμάθη πλαγά was sped, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 196 (Lyric poetry).)]
II more frequently intransitive, start,
II.1 with infinitive, ἴρηξ ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο starts in chase of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.64)]; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων.. ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he started to rush for the gates,[Refs (22.194; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε.. στῆναι ἐναντίβιον 21.265)]; ἐξελαύνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὸν στρατόν began to lead out.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, compare 7.150; νίκην ὁρμῶντ᾽ ἀλαλάξαι)]eager to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 133 (Lyric poetry); ὥρμα ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τοῦ λόγου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336b.)]
II.2 with genitive, rush headlong at one, Τρώων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.335: more frequently with Preps., ὁ. ἐπί τινα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, etc.; πύργωμα Καδμείων ἔπι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1220; εἴς τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.17; καθ᾽ αὑτούς [prev. author] “An.” 5.7.25)]; also ὁ. ἐς μάχην hasten to battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 394; εἰς ἀγῶνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 259 (Lyric poetry); εἰς τὸ διώκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.25; ἐπὶ ἁρπαγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391d; ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34)]; ὥρμασε (Doric dialect) ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια τῶν Σκυθᾶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 709.19 (Chersonesus, 2nd c.BC))]: without any sense of hostility, rush, τᾶσδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρας πηδήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1015 (Lyric poetry); ἐς πατρὸς δόμους [prev. author] “Med.” 1178)]; set out, ἀπὸ [τῆς Οἰνόης] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.19; ἐς φυγήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.179, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνα τῆς γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 112b; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλον λόγον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5; ἐπὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.9)]; ἐπὶ τραγῳδίαν ὥρμηκε has turned to tragedy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 135.14)]; δηλώσεις.. τὴν φύσιν ἐπὶ τί μάλισθ᾽ ὥρμηκε, i. e. what your natural bent is,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 8; φυσικῶς ἐπὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ὁρμᾶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” 93 W.; πρὸς τὰς πράξεις [prev. author] “Mus.” p.71 K.; ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν [prev. author] “Acad.Ind.” p.64 M.; πρὸς τὰς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a15: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.8; στρατείαν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.6.20.)]
II.3 absolutely, start, begin, ὥσπερ ὡρμήσαμεν, ἴωμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314b, compare “R.” 425c)]; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships that were hottest in pursuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.34.)]
B middle and passive, like the intransitive active, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus II:)]
B.1 with infinitive, μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται that they put not themselves in motion, set not themselves to flee, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.511; so διώκειν ὁρμήθησαν 10.359, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.282)]; ὡρμήθη κόρυθα κρατὸς ἀφαρπάξαι he rushed to snatch.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.188, compare 182)]; ἦτορ ὡρμᾶτο πτολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι was eager to.., [Refs (21.572)]; μᾶλλον ὅρμητο στρατεύεσθαι was eager to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.1, compare 19, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; ὅδε ὁ λόγος ὅρμηται λέγεσθαι this account has begun to be given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.16, compare 6.86.δ᾽ (λέγεσθαι is restored for λέγεται in 3.56))]; but λόγον, τὸν ὅρμητο λέγειν which he purposed to make, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.50.)]
B.2 the object for or after which one goes is sometimes in genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.488, 21.595)]: a case with a preposition, ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.214; ἐπί τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 47, etc.; εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.9)]; μετά τινα after one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.605; so ὁ. ἐπὶ τὸ ἱρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.35; ἐς πύλας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 31; πρὸς δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1152; ἐπ᾽ ἀλήθειαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 228c; ἐς φυγήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.14; πρὸς τίσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1328; πρὸς τὸ κρατεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 581a; [ἡ ποίησις] πρὸς ἡδονὴν ὥρμηται [prev. author] “Grg.” 502c)]; οἱ περὶ λόγον ἢ παιδείαν ὁρμώμενοι persons keen about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 199.5: rarely with _accusative_ loci, νερτέρας πλάκας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1576 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.2.b the starting-point is expressed by ἐκ, ὡρμᾶτ᾽ ἐκ θαλάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.142, compare 9.178)], etc.; or ἀπό, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 156, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d, etc.; ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.357 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; or by a form in -θεν, σέθεν.. ὕμνος ὁρμᾶται θέμεν αἶνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.5: in historical Prose, ὁρμᾶσθαι ἐκ..)] start from, begin from, especially of the place where one carries on any regular operations, ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι living there and going out from thence to do their daily work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17)]; of fishers, ἐκ πλοίων ὁρμώμενοι [Refs ([prev. author] 3.98)]; of a general, making that place his head-quarters or base of operations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.133, compare 5.125, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64, 2.69, +others)]; ἀπ᾽ ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος setting out, beginning with smaller means, [Refs ([prev. work] 65, compare 1.144)]; of rivers, ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ὁ. rising.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 682b.)]
B.3 absolutely, rush, dart, attack, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.126, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1068 (Lyric poetry))]; also with ἔγχεϊ, ξιφέεσσι, etc., added, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.855, 17.530, 13.496, +others)]
B.3.b generally, hasten, be eager, ὁρμώμενον δὲ μηδαμῶς μ᾽ ἀντισπάσῃς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 339, compare 395; ἀλλ᾽ ἥδε.. ὁρμᾶται)]comes forth, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pers.” 151 (_anapaest meter_); τὸ φέγγος ὁρμάσθω πυρός [prev. author] “Eu.” 1029)]; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητα ὁρμᾶται insolence goes fearless forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 197 (Lyric poetry).)]
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875b)]: aorist ὥρμησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534c)]; Laconian dialect imperative ὅρμᾱον, i.e. ὅρμαὁν, ={ὅρμησον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1247)]: perfect ὥρμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 265a)]:—middle and passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.5, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 339, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, etc.)]: Epic dialect imperfect ὡρμᾶτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.142)]: future ὁρμήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.9, ὁρμηθήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.85)]: aorist ὡρμησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.595, variant in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 127)] (ἐφ-), never in Prose, except ἐξ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.20 codices: more frequently in _passive_ form ὡρμήθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.98, etc.)]: perfect ὥρμημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 70, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 340, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, etc.: _Ionic dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _plural_)]perfect and pluperfect ὁρμέαται and -έατο (with variants ὡρμ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.121, 8.35; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] codices usually have the augment, but [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus read ὁρμήθησαν in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.359)]: (ὁρμή):
A active,
I causal, set in motion, urge on, cheer on, τινὰ εἰς πόλεμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127; τινὰ ποτὶ κλέος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).21; τὸ στράτευμα ὁ. ἐπὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 174 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 352 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ φύσις ὁρμήσει τινὰ ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875b, compare “Ion” 534c; [τὰ] ὁρμῶντα [σώματα] 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.8.7; μέριμναν ὁρμήσασ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔργον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1064 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ. τινὰ ἐκ χερός tear from one's arms, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 143 (_anapaest meter_):)] —passive, ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἄρχετο inspired by the god he began, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.499; πρὸς θεῶν ὡρμημένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 70; ὑπὸ ἔρωτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 181d)]; ἵπποι.. ὁρμηθέντες ὑπὸ πληγῇσιν ἱμάσθλης urged on by.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.82.)]
I.2 with a thing as the object, stir up, πόλεμον [Refs (18.376)]: with accusative et infinitive, τὰς διόδους τῶν πτερῶν.. ὥρμησε πτεροφυεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d)]:—passive, ὡρμάθη πλαγά was sped, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 196 (Lyric poetry).)]
II more frequently intransitive, start,
II.1 with infinitive, ἴρηξ ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο starts in chase of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.64)]; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων.. ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he started to rush for the gates,[Refs (22.194; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε.. στῆναι ἐναντίβιον 21.265)]; ἐξελαύνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὸν στρατόν began to lead out.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, compare 7.150; νίκην ὁρμῶντ᾽ ἀλαλάξαι)]eager to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 133 (Lyric poetry); ὥρμα ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τοῦ λόγου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336b.)]
II.2 with genitive, rush headlong at one, Τρώων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.335: more frequently with Preps., ὁ. ἐπί τινα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, etc.; πύργωμα Καδμείων ἔπι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1220; εἴς τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.17; καθ᾽ αὑτούς [prev. author] “An.” 5.7.25)]; also ὁ. ἐς μάχην hasten to battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 394; εἰς ἀγῶνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 259 (Lyric poetry); εἰς τὸ διώκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.25; ἐπὶ ἁρπαγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391d; ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34)]; ὥρμασε (Doric dialect) ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια τῶν Σκυθᾶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 709.19 (Chersonesus, 2nd c.BC))]: without any sense of hostility, rush, τᾶσδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρας πηδήσασα πυρὸς ἔσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1015 (Lyric poetry); ἐς πατρὸς δόμους [prev. author] “Med.” 1178)]; set out, ἀπὸ [τῆς Οἰνόης] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.19; ἐς φυγήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.179, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνα τῆς γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 112b; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλον λόγον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5; ἐπὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.9)]; ἐπὶ τραγῳδίαν ὥρμηκε has turned to tragedy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 135.14)]; δηλώσεις.. τὴν φύσιν ἐπὶ τί μάλισθ᾽ ὥρμηκε, i. e. what your natural bent is,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 8; φυσικῶς ἐπὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ὁρμᾶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” 93 W.; πρὸς τὰς πράξεις [prev. author] “Mus.” p.71 K.; ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν [prev. author] “Acad.Ind.” p.64 M.; πρὸς τὰς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a15: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.8; στρατείαν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.6.20.)]
II.3 absolutely, start, begin, ὥσπερ ὡρμήσαμεν, ἴωμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314b, compare “R.” 425c)]; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships that were hottest in pursuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.34.)]
B middle and passive, like the intransitive active, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus II:)]
B.1 with infinitive, μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται that they put not themselves in motion, set not themselves to flee, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.511; so διώκειν ὁρμήθησαν 10.359, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.282)]; ὡρμήθη κόρυθα κρατὸς ἀφαρπάξαι he rushed to snatch.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.188, compare 182)]; ἦτορ ὡρμᾶτο πτολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι was eager to.., [Refs (21.572)]; μᾶλλον ὅρμητο στρατεύεσθαι was eager to march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.1, compare 19, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; ὅδε ὁ λόγος ὅρμηται λέγεσθαι this account has begun to be given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.16, compare 6.86.δ᾽ (λέγεσθαι is restored for λέγεται in 3.56))]; but λόγον, τὸν ὅρμητο λέγειν which he purposed to make, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.50.)]
B.2 the object for or after which one goes is sometimes in genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.488, 21.595)]: a case with a preposition, ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.214; ἐπί τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 47, etc.; εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.9)]; μετά τινα after one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.605; so ὁ. ἐπὶ τὸ ἱρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.35; ἐς πύλας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 31; πρὸς δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1152; ἐπ᾽ ἀλήθειαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 228c; ἐς φυγήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.14; πρὸς τίσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1328; πρὸς τὸ κρατεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 581a; [ἡ ποίησις] πρὸς ἡδονὴν ὥρμηται [prev. author] “Grg.” 502c)]; οἱ περὶ λόγον ἢ παιδείαν ὁρμώμενοι persons keen about.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 199.5: rarely with _accusative_ loci, νερτέρας πλάκας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1576 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.2.b the starting-point is expressed by ἐκ, ὡρμᾶτ᾽ ἐκ θαλάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.142, compare 9.178)], etc.; or ἀπό, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 156, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d, etc.; ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.357 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; or by a form in -θεν, σέθεν.. ὕμνος ὁρμᾶται θέμεν αἶνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.5: in historical Prose, ὁρμᾶσθαι ἐκ..)] start from, begin from, especially of the place where one carries on any regular operations, ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι living there and going out from thence to do their daily work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17)]; of fishers, ἐκ πλοίων ὁρμώμενοι [Refs ([prev. author] 3.98)]; of a general, making that place his head-quarters or base of operations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.133, compare 5.125, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64, 2.69, +others)]; ἀπ᾽ ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος setting out, beginning with smaller means, [Refs ([prev. work] 65, compare 1.144)]; of rivers, ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ὁ. rising.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 682b.)]
B.3 absolutely, rush, dart, attack, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.126, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1068 (Lyric poetry))]; also with ἔγχεϊ, ξιφέεσσι, etc., added, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.855, 17.530, 13.496, +others)]
B.3.b generally, hasten, be eager, ὁρμώμενον δὲ μηδαμῶς μ᾽ ἀντισπάσῃς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 339, compare 395; ἀλλ᾽ ἥδε.. ὁρμᾶται)]comes forth, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pers.” 151 (_anapaest meter_); τὸ φέγγος ὁρμάσθω πυρός [prev. author] “Eu.” 1029)]; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητα ὁρμᾶται insolence goes fearless forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 197 (Lyric poetry).)]