hormas

ὁρμ-ή, ἡ,
rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, μόγις δέ μευ ἔκφυγεν ὁρμήν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρίου ἡ ὁ. ἔσται the attack, invasion, Refs 5th c.BC+; also of an impulse received from another, ἐμέ τ᾽ εἰσορόων καὶ ἐμὴν ποτιδέγμενος ὁ. Refs 8th c.BC+
2 more frequently of things, πυρὸς ὁ. the rage of fire, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς by the shock of a wave, Refs 8th c.BC+; but ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν within my spear's cast, within reach of my spear, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ. γονάτων spring of knee, i.e. power to spring or leap, Refs 5th c.BC+; ποδὸς ὁ. speed of foot, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, of the tides, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II impulse to do a thing, effort, μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθ᾽ ὁρμή Refs 8th c.BC+; τίς προσήγαγε χρεί; τίς ὁ.; Refs; οὕτω καθ᾽ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν, i. e. with so much zeal,Refs 5th c.BC+; μιᾷ ὁ. with one impulse, Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive objecti, eager desire of or for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: so with a preposition, ἡ ὁρμή, ἣν ὁρμᾷς ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. ἐπέπεσέ τισι, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. παραστῆσαί τισι εἴς τι or with infinitive, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ. σχεῖν, with infinitive, Refs
II.2 in Stoic philosophy, appetition, including reasoned choice and irrational impulse, Refs
II.3 Refs 4th c.BC+
III setting oneself in motion, start on a march, etc., ἐν ὁρμῇ εἶναι to be on the point of starting, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ παντὸς ὁρμῇ.. πράγματος at the start of every undertaking, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ὁ. [τούτων τῶν ἀνέμων] the point at which these winds start, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit s´rati 'flow'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.