Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ὁρμή (hormḗ, start, impetus, rush, attack, effort).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ὁρμάω (hormáō)

  1. (active voice) to set in motion, urge on, inspire
  2. (active voice, middle voice, passive voice) to start [with infinitive]
  3. to rush, hasten [with genitive or ἐπί (epí, + accusative) or εἰς (eis, + accusative) ‘at, against’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ὁρμάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὁρμάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ὁρμάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press