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, Hdt.9.93; “ᾧ καὶ Ζεὺς ἐφορμήσῃ κακά” S.Fr.680; “σῦν” Ant.Lib.2.2: c. dupl.acc., ναύτας ἐφορμήσαντα . . τὸ πλεῖν having urged them on to sail, S.Aj. 1143: c. acc. et inf., Orph.L.26.
II. intr., rush upon, attack, τινι E.Hipp.1275 (lyr.), Plu.Pomp.19, etc.; “ἐπί τινα” D.C.36.24: abs., Plb.8.6.1: c. inf., desire, Opp.H.2.94, Orph.L.34; f.l. for ἀφορμ- in X.HG1.6.21.—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” Pi.N.10.69; “ἐφορμηθέντες ἐξ ἑνὸς ῥόθου” A.Pers.462: without hostile sense, spring forward, “τρὶς μὲν ἐφωρμήθην” Od.11.206, cf. Hes.Op.459: c. acc., rush upon, make a dash at, “ὥς τ᾽ ὀρνίθων . . αἰετὸς αἴθων ἔθνος ἐφορμᾶται” Il.15.691, cf. 20.461; so “ἐφορμής εσθαι ἀέθλους” Hes.Sc.127: rarely (if ever) found in Prose, dub.l.in Th.6.49.
