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ὁρμάω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ὁρμή (hormḗ, start, impetus, rush, attack, effort) +‎ -άω (-áō, verbal suffix).[1]

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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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὁρμή (> Der > Denominatives > 2. ὁρμάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1104-5

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
  • ὁρμάω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011