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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιθυμεῖν]] (gen.), [[ἐφίεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ὀρέγεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[χρῄζειν]] (gen.), [[προσχρῄζειν]] (gen.), [[χατίζειν]] (gen.), [[μενοινᾶν]] (acc.) ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Ajax]]'' 341).

[[yearn for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ποθεῖν]] (acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἱμείρειν]] ([[gcn.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἱμείρεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[be enamoured of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐρᾶν]] (gen.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔρασθαι]] (gen.).

[[seek]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ζητεῖν]].

[[desire ardently]]: [[prose|P.]] [[γλίχεσθαι]] (gen.).

'''verb intransitive''' Also with infin.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιθυμεῖν]], [[ἐφίεσθαι]], [[βούλεσθαι]], [[ὀρέγεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐθέλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἱμείρειν]], [[ἱμείρεσθαι]], [[ποθεῖν]], [[ἐρᾶν]], [[ἔρασθαι]], [[προσχρῄζειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μενοινᾶν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 448), [[θέλειν]], [[χρῄζειν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[desire ardently]] (with infin.): [[prose|P.]] [[γλίχεσθαι]].

[[seek]] (with infin.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ζητεῖν]].

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιθυμία]], ἡ.

[[request]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χρεία]], ἡ.

[[love]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔρως]], ὁ, [[πόθος]], ὁ ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[ἵμερος]], ὁ ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[desire of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιθυμία]], ἡ (gen.), [[ἔρως]], ὁ (rare [[prose|P.]]) (gen.). [[πόθος]], ὁ (rare [[prose|P.]]) (gen.).
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