ὁρμή
See also: ορμή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *hοrmā́, with two plausible derivations:[1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *sor-meh₂- (“flow, stream”), from *ser- (“to flow, stream”), and thus cognate with Sanskrit सर्म (sárma, “going, running, flowing”), from the verb सरति (sarati, “to flow, run, speed”), and Albanian gjurmë (“footprint, trail”).
- Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃(o)r-sm- (“uprising”), from *h₃er- (“to move, rise”), and related to ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “I urge on, incite”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hor.mɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)orˈme̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈmi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈmi/
- (15th 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
| 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 tēî hormēî |
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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὁρμή”, 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
- “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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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.
- ὁρμή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011