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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ὁρμή(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsHormes (masculine equivalent)
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek ὁρμή (horme) meaning "an onrush, an onset, an assault". In Greek mythology Horme is the personification of energetic activity, impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting oneself in motion, and starting an action, and particularly onrush in battle. The word ὁρμή (horme) is also used to refer to the philosophical concept represented by the goddess.