ὁρμή

See also: ορμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Could be from a Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“flow, stream”), and thus cognate to Sanskrit सर्म (sárma, “going, running, flowing”), from root सरति (sarati, “to flow, run, speed”). Could also be from ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “I urge on, incite”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hor.mɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)orˈme/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈmi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈmi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /orˈmi/

Noun

ὁρμή • (hormḗ) f (genitive ὁρμῆς); first declension

violent pressure, assault, force
first movements, beginning, start
eagerness, struggle, effort
violence, passion, appetite

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὁρμή; τῆς ὁρμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὁρμή hē hormḗ	τὼ ὁρμᾱ́ tṑ hormā́	αἱ ὁρμαί hai hormaí
Genitive	τῆς ὁρμῆς tês hormês	τοῖν ὁρμαῖν toîn hormaîn	τῶν ὁρμῶν tôn hormôn
Dative	τῇ ὁρμῇ têi hormêi	τοῖν ὁρμαῖν toîn hormaîn	ταῖς ὁρμαῖς taîs hormaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὁρμήν tḕn hormḗn	τὼ ὁρμᾱ́ tṑ hormā́	τᾱ̀ς ὁρμᾱ́ς tā̀s hormā́s
Vocative	ὁρμή hormḗ	ὁρμᾱ́ hormā́	ὁρμαί hormaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ορμή f (ormí)

ὁρμή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὁρμή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὁρμή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὁρμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὁρμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G3730 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Fury idem, page 1011.
- Mania idem, page 1016.
- aggravation idem, page 18.
- ardour idem, page 39.
- boisterousness idem, page 88.
- caprice idem, page 112.
- charge idem, page 125.
- dash idem, page 196.
- eagerness idem, page 258.
- fit idem, page 323.
- freak idem, page 343.
- furiousness idem, page 350.
- fury idem, page 351.
- impetuosity idem, page 421.
- impetus idem, page 421.
- impulse idem, page 425.
- incentive idem, page 427.
- inclination idem, page 428.
- itch idem, page 461.
- mania idem, page 511.
- momentum idem, page 539.
- motive idem, page 542.
- propensity idem, page 653.
- rush idem, page 727.
- spurt idem, page 807.
- sweep idem, page 847.
- vagary idem, page 942.
- whim idem, page 976.
- whirl idem, page 976.
- wish idem, page 983.

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