ὁρμάω
A. Act.
I. Causal, "to set in motion, urge" or "push on, spur on, cheer on", Il., Hdt., attic:—Pass., ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ "inspired" by the god, Od.; so, πρὸς θεῶν ὡρμημένος Soph.
2. with a thing as the object, "to stir up", πόλεμον Od.:— Pass., ὡρμάθη πλαγά "was inflicted", Soph.
II. intr. "to make a start, hasten on",
1. c. inf., ὃς ὁρμήσῃ διώκειν who "starts" in chase, Il.; ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι whenever he "started" to rush against the gates, id=Il.: "to begin" to do, Hdt., Soph.
2. c. gen. "to rush headlong at" one, Il.; so, ὁρμᾶν ἐπί τινα Hdt., etc.; εἴς τινα, κατά τινα Xen.; ἐπὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν id=Xen., etc.: also, ὁρμ. ἐς μάχην "to hasten" to battle, Aesch.; εἰς ἀγῶνα Eur.
3. absol. "to start, begin", Plat.; αἱ μάλιστα ὁρμήσασαι [νῆες] the ships "that had got" the greatest "start", Thuc.
B. Mid. and Pass., like intr. Act.:
1. c. inf., μὴ φεύγειν ὁρμήσωνται "that they put" not "themselves in motion" to flee, "think" of fleeing, Il.; so, διώκειν ὡρμήθησαν id=Il.; ὁ λόγος οὗτος ὡρμήθη λέγεσθαι this account "began" to be given, was taken in hand, Hdt.; but, λόγον, τὸν ὥρμητο λέγειν which "he purposed" to make, id=Hdt.; and with the inf. omitted, μενεήναμεν ὁρμηθέντε we "eagerly" desired, Od.
2. c. gen. "to hasten after", Hom.; so, ὁρμᾶσθαι ἐπί τινι Od.; ἐπί τινα Soph., etc.:—rarely c. acc. loci, νερτέρας πλάκας id=Soph.
3. "to start from, begin from", ἐνθεῦτεν ὁρμώμενοι "going out from thence" to do one's daily work, Hdt.; so of a general, "to make a place his headquarters" or "base of operations", id=Hdt., Thuc.; so, ὁρμ. ἀπὸ Σάρδεων Xen.; ἀπ᾽ ἐλασσόνων ὁρμώμενος "setting out, beginning", with smaller means, Thuc.
4. absol. "to rush on", Hom.:—generally, "to hasten, be eager", Aesch.: "to go forth", τὸ φέγγος ὁρμάσθω πυρός id=Aesch.; ὕβρις ἀτάρβητος ὁρμᾶται insult "goes" fearless "forth", Soph.
5. in a really pass. sense, πρὸς θεῶν ὡρμημένος "incited" by the gods, id=Soph.