λιλαίομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=only pres. and impf., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">long</b> or <b class="b2">desire earnestly</b>, freq. in Hom., mostly c. inf., <b class="b2">long to be</b> or <b class="b2">do</b> so and so, <b class="b3">τίμε . . λιλαίεαι ἠπεροπεύειν</b>; <span class="bibl">Il.3.399</span>; λ. πολεμίζειν <span class="bibl">16.89</span>; εὐνηθῆναι <span class="bibl">14.331</span>: metaph., of a lance, <b class="b3">λιλαιομένη χροὸς ἆσαι</b> <b class="b2">longing</b> to taste flesh, <span class="bibl">21.168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.574</span>, <span class="bibl">15.317</span>; <b class="b3">λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι</b> <b class="b2">longing for him</b> to be her husband, <span class="bibl">Od.1.15</span>, <span class="bibl">9.30</span>, <span class="bibl">32</span>, <span class="bibl">23.334</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">long for</b>, <b class="b3">πολέμοιο, ὁδοῖο, βιότοιο, δόρποιο</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.133</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.315</span>, <span class="bibl">12.328</span>, <span class="bibl">13.31</span>; also <b class="b3">φόωσδε λιλαίεο</b> <b class="b2">struggle</b> to the light of day, <span class="bibl">11.223</span>: so in later Ep., c. inf., <span class="bibl">A.R.3.394</span>, al.: c. acc., <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>28.144</span>: abs., ib.<span class="bibl">42.132</span>.—Cf.<b class="b3">λελίημαι</b>.</span>