ὁρμάω

ὁρμάω (ὁρμή) 1 aor. ὥρμησα; mid. plpf. ὥρμηντο (Just., A I, 29, 4) in our lit. used only intr. (so Hom.+; SIG 709, 19 [c. 107 B.C.]; PStras 100, 17 [II B.C.]; PTebt 48, 24; LXX, Test12Patr, Philo, Joseph., Just.; Ath. 2, 2 and R. 1 p. 48, 5) to make a rapid movement from one place to another, rush (headlong) ὁρ. κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν rush down the slope into the lake Mt 8:32; Mk 5:13; cp. Lk 8:33 (cp. POxy 901, 6 of two swine τὴν ὁρμὴν ποιούμενοι). Of a crowd of people ὥρμησαν εἰς τὸ θέατρον they rushed into the theater Ac 19:29 (cp. Jos., Ant. 11, 147). ὁρ. ἐπί τινα rush at, fall upon someone (X., An. 4, 3, 31; Alciphron 3, 7, 3; 3, 18, 2; 2 Macc 12:32; Jos., Ant. 12, 270, Vi. 245; TestJud 7:5) 7:57.—Frisk s.v. ὁρμή. M-M. TW.