ὁρμέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὁρμέω
Structure:
ὁρμέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: o(/rmos II
Sense
- to be moored, lie at anchor, to be dependent on
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- πύργοσ ὅδ’ εἰναλίησ ἐπὶ χοιράδοσ, οὔνομα νήσῳ ταὐτὸν ἔχων, ὁρ́μου σύμβολόν εἰμι Φάροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 601)
- ἀλλὰ νύκτωρ ἠναγκάζοντο γῆν πολλὴν πορεύεσθαι καὶ προσωτέρω ἀπὸ θαλάσσησ, ἐπεὶ αὐτῷ γε ἐν σπουδῇ ἦν ἐλθεῖν τὰ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆσ χώρασ καὶ λιμένασ τε ἰδεῖν τοὺσ ὄντασ καὶ ὅσα γε ἐν παρόδῳ δυνατὰ γένοιτο τῷ ναυτικῷ παρασκευάσαι, ἢ φρέατα ὀρύξαντασ ἢ ἀγορᾶσ που ἢ ὁρ́μου ἐπιμεληθέντασ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 23 1:2)
- ἔντοσθεν δέ τ’ ἄνευ δεσμοῖο μένουσι νῆεσ ἐύ̈σσελμοι, ὅτ’ ἂν ὁρ́μου μέτρον ἵκωνται. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 14:3)
- ὅσοι μέν νυν αὐτῶν αὐξόμενον ἔμαθον τὸν ἄνεμον καὶ τοῖσι οὕτω εἶχε ὁρ́μου, οἳ δ’ ἔφθησαν τὸν χειμῶνα ἀνασπάσαντεσ τὰσ νέασ, καὶ αὐτοί τε περιῆσαν καὶ αἱ νέεσ αὐτῶν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 188 4:1)
- τοῦ λιμένοσ δὲ ἡ Σφακτηρία νῆσοσ προβέβληται, καθάπερ τοῦ ὁρ́μου τοῦ Δηλίων ἡ Ῥήνεια· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 36 9:1)
Synonyms
-
to be moored
- ὁρμίζω (to come to anchor, lie at anchor, anchor)
- σαλεύω (to ride, to ride at anchor on, depend)
- ἀνθορμέω (to lie at anchor opposite to)
- ὑφορμέω (to lie secretly at anchor)
Derived
- ἀνθορμέω (to lie at anchor opposite to)
- ἐξορμέω (to be out of harbour, run out)
- ἐφορμέω (to lie moored at or over against, to blockade, the blockading fleet)
- παρορμέω (to lie at anchor beside or near)
- περιορμέω (to anchor round, to blockade)
- ὑφορμέω (to lie secretly at anchor)
