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ὁρμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁρμή ὁρμῆς

Structure: ὁρμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. violent pressure, assault, force
  2. first movements, beginning, start
  3. eagerness, struggle, effort
  4. violence, passion, appetite

Declension

First declension

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.

Examples

  • ἀπὸ φωνῆσ ὁρμῆσ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῶν ὁπλῶν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ σεισμοῦ τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ, ἤχου τροχῶν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐπέστρεψαν πατέρεσ ἐφ’ υἱοὺσ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ ἐκλύσεωσ χειρῶν αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 29:3)
  • ἔδειξε δὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ χρόνοσ, εἴτε θεῶν τινοσ ἄρξαντοσ εἴτε φυσικῆσ περιόδου τὴν ἀρχαίαν τάξιν ἀνακυκλούσησ εἴτε ἀνθρωπίνησ ὁρμῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὅμοια πολλοὺσ ἀγούσησ, καὶ ἀπέδωκε τῇ μὲν ἀρχαίᾳ καὶ σώφρονι ῥητορικῇ τὴν δικαίαν τιμήν, ἣν καὶ πρότερον εἶχε καλῶσ, ἀπολαβεῖν, τῇ δὲ νέᾳ καὶ ἀνοήτῳ παύσασθαι δόξαν οὐ προσήκουσαν καρπουμένῃ καὶ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοισ ἀγαθοῖσ τρυφώσῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 22)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅ γε Δημῶναξ οὐχ ὑπὸ τούτων τινόσ, ὡσ ἔφην, παρακληθείσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπ’ οἰκείασ πρὸσ τὰ καλὰ ὁρμῆσ καὶ ἐμφύτου πρὸσ φιλοσοφίαν ἔρωτοσ ἐκ παίδων εὐθὺσ κεκινημένοσ ὑπερεῖδεν. (Lucian, (no name) 3:3)
  • οὕτω μὲν ἀνεκόπην τῆσ ὁρμῆσ καὶ ἐπαυσάμην οὐκ ἐν δέοντι θρασυνόμενοσ ἐφ’ οὕτω δικαστοῦ διακειμένου. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 57:7)
  • μετριώτεροσ δὲ ὁ πρεσβύτησ ἦν παρὰ πολὺ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ὀργὰσ ἠπιώτεροσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ κολάσεισ ἀμβλύτεροσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ἐπιθυμίασ βραδύτεροσ, ὡσ ἂν ἤδη τῆσ ἡλικίασ τὸ μὲν σφοδρότερον τῆσ ὁρμῆσ ἐπεχούσησ, τὰσ δὲ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὀρέξεισ χαλιναγωγούσησ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 4:3)

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