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ἀφορμ-άω , Dor. part. dat. ἀφορμίοντι （-ιῶντι codd.) Archyt. ap. D.L.3.22:—
A.make to start from a place:—Pass., start, depart, “ναῦφιν” Il.2.794, cf. Od.2.375, 4.748, Sapph.Supp.6.7, etc.: c. gen., from a place, “οἷον ἆρ᾽ ὁδοῦ τέλος Ἄρλους ἀφωρμήθημεν” S.OC1401; “δόμων” E. Or.844; “ἐκ Κεγχρειῶν” Th.8.10; to a place, “δεῦρο” Ar.Nu.607.
II. intr. in Act. in same sense as Pass., “ἀ. χθονός” E.Rh.98; “ἐκ δόμων” Id.Tr.939, cf. Th.4.78; “οἴκαδε” Aeschin.2.40; “εἰς Λιβύην” Plb.1.39.1; of lightning, to break forth, S.OC1470(lyr.): c. acc. cogn., “τί τήνδ᾽ . . ἀφορμᾷς πεῖραν;” Id.Aj.290.
2. feel aversion, opp. ὁρμάω, Arr.Epict. 1.4.14, Simp.in Epict.p.22D.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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