A.stimulant, incentive, X.Eq.10.15 (pl.).
II. (from Med.ὁρμάομαι) starting-place, military position, base of operations, Isoc.4.162, D.19.219 and 326 ; “ὁρμητηρίῳ χρῆσθαι ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον” Plb.1.17.5, cf. 5.3.8 ; of a naval station, Str.5.2.5 ; πόλιν καὶ λιμένας καὶ ὁρματήρια (Dor.) “παρέχειν” SIG581.10 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.); of a wild beast's lair, Plu.2.961c: metaph., ὁ. ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς εὐφὺς ἔχοντι τὴν φιλαυτίαν ib.48f; ὁ. τῆς εὑρέσεως base for investigation, Gal.4.634, cf. 10.158 ; πόλις ὁ. ἀκολασίας its head-quarters, Lib.Decl.25.12.