ἐφορμάω
ephormao
stir up, rouse against
Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐφορμάω, Ion. ἐπ-, A. stir up, rouse against one, οἵ μοι ἐφώρμησαν πόλεμον Il. 3.165; ὅς μοι ἐφορμήσας ἀνέμους Od. 7.272; ἐπορμῆσαι τοὺς λύκους set them on, 9.93; ᾧ καὶ Ζεὺς ἐφορμήσῃ κακά Fr. 680; σῦν 2.2: c. dupl.acc., ναύτας ἐφορμήσαντα . . τὸ πλεῖν having urged them on to sail, Aj. 1143: c. acc. et inf., L. 26. II. intr., rush upon, attack, τινι Hipp. 1275 (lyr.), Pomp. 19, etc.; ἐπί τινα 36.24: abs., 8.6.1: c. inf., desire, H. 2.94, L. 34; f.l. for ἀφορμ- in HG 1.6.21.—This use is more freq. in Pass. (v. infr.). III. Pass. and Med., to be stirred up: c. inf., to be eager or desire to do, θυμὸς ἐφορμᾶται πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι Il. 13.74, cf. Od. 1.275, 21.399, etc.: abs., rush furiously on, ἔγχει ἐφορμᾶσθαι Il. 17.465: mostly in aor. part. Pass., ἐφορμηθείς 6.410, etc.; ἄκοντι ἐφορμαθείς N. 10.69; ἐφορμηθέντες ἐξ ἑνὸς ῥόθου Pers. 462: without hostile sense, spring forward, τρὶς μὲν ἐφωρμήθην Od. 11.206, cf. Op. 459: c. acc., rush upon, make a dash at, ὥς τʼ ὀρνίθων . . αἰετὸς αἴθων ἔθνος ἐφορμᾶται Il. 15.691, cf. 20.461; so ἐφορμής εσθαι ἀέθλους Sc. 127: rarely (if ever) found in Prose, dub.l. in 6.49.
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