ὁρμαίνω 1 only in pres., imperf. and aor1 ὥρμηνα ὁρμάω
I.to turn over or revolve anxiously in the mind, to debate, ponder, Lat. animo volvere, ὁρμαίνειν τι κατὰ φρένα or ἐνὶ φρεσί Hom.:—so also ὁρμαίνειν τι alone, to ponder over, meditate, πόλεμον, ὁδόν id=Hom.
3.foll. by a relat. clause, ἤ . . , ἤ . . , to debate whether . . , or . . , Hom.; ὁρμ. ὅπως . . , to debate, ponder how a thing is to be done, Il.
4.c. inf. to long, desire, wish, Theocr.
II.after Hom.,
2.intr. to be eager, to chafe, fret, Aesch.; part. ὁρμαίνων eagerly, Pind.
