Sense

1. to set in motion, urge, push on, spur on, cheer on, inspired
2. to stir up, was inflicted
3. to make a start, hasten on
4. starts, started, to begin
5. to rush headlong at, to hasten
6. to start, begin, that had got, start
7. that they put, themselves in motion, think, began, he purposed, eagerly
8. to hasten after
9. to start from, begin from, going out from thence, to make a place his headquarters, base of operations, setting out, beginning
10. to rush on, to hasten, be eager, to go forth, goes, forth
11. incited

Examples

• ἔνιοι δέ φασι, Διὸσ ὁρμῶντοσ ἐπὶ τὴν ταύτησ συνουσίαν, εἰρηκέναι Προμηθέα τὸν ἐκ ταύτησ αὐτῷ γεννηθέντα οὐρανοῦ δυναστεύσειν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 13 5:2)
• στασιάζωσιν, ὥσπερ ἡ τῶν περὶ Γέλωνα καὶ νῦν ἡ τῶν περὶ Διονύσιον, ἡ μὲν Γέλωνοσ Θρασυβούλου τοῦ Ιἕρωνοσ ἀδελφοῦ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Γέλωνοσ δημαγωγοῦντοσ καὶ πρὸσ ἡδονὰσ ὁρμῶντοσ, ἵν’ αὐτὸσ ἄρχῃ, τῶν δὲ οἰκείων συστησάντων ἵνα μὴ ἡ τυραννὶσ ὅλωσ καταλυθῇ ἀλλὰ Θρασύβουλοσ, οἱ δὲ συστάντεσ αὐτῶν, ὡσ καιρὸν ἔχοντεσ, ἐξέβαλον ἅπαντασ αὐτούσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 258:1)
• χρὴ γὰρ ὁρμῶντοσ μὲν ἐξαίφνησ τοῦ ἵππου προνεύειν· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 9:2)

Similar forms

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• ὁρμᾶν (32)
• ὁρμάς (21)
• ὁρμᾶται (20)
• ὁρμαὶ (16)
• ὁρμᾷ (13)
• ὁρμᾷς (6)
• ὁρμάν (5)
• ὁρ́μα (4)
• ὁρ́μαινε (4)
• ὁρμὰν (3)
• ὁρμᾶτο (3)
• ὁρμαθὸς (3)
• ὁρμαθοῦ (2)
• ὁρμάσθω (2)
• ὁρμᾶσθε (2)
• ὁρμᾶ‧ (1)
• ὁρμᾶτε (1)
• ὁρμαθῷ (1)
• ὁρμάσω (1)
• ὁρμαθόν (1)
• ὁρμᾶσθ (1)
• ὁρμάτω (1)
• ὁρμᾷ· (1)
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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.