ὁρμάω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ὁρμάω (hormáō)

  1. (active voice) to set in motion, urge on, inspire
  2. (active voice, middle voice, passive voice) to start
  3. to rush, hasten

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  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

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