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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[longing]], [[yearning]], [[regret]] (for something absent or lost, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>420a</span>), mostly c. gen. obj., ἡνιόχοιο π. <span class="bibl">Il.17.439</span>; ἀλλά μ' Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται <span class="bibl">Od.14.144</span>; γλυκὺν π. Ἀργοῦς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.184</span>; ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>133</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>414</span>(lyr.); τοῦ βίου δ' οὐδεὶς π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>822</span>; ἔλαβε [αὐτοὺς] π. . . τῆς πόλιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.165</span>; ἀποθανόντος αὐτοῦ π. ἔχειν πάντας <span class="bibl">Id.3.67</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>646</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>66</span>: with a possess. Pron., <b class="b3">σὸς π</b>. <b class="b2">yearning after</b> thee, <span class="bibl">Od.11.202</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>585</span>; τὠμῷ π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>969</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>419</span>: less freq. abs., τίς ὁ π. αὐτοὺς ἵκετ'; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 601</span>; <b class="b3">σὺν πόθῳ γὰρ ἡ χάρις</b> [[desire]] to give, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1106</span>: pl., <b class="b3">πότερα πόθοισι;</b> was it <b class="b2">by reason of longing?</b> ib.<span class="bibl">333</span>; τὰς ἐν τοῖς θρήνοις καὶ π. ἡδονάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>48a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[love]], [[desire]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>41</span> (who never uses <b class="b3">ποθή</b>), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>654</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>107</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl">368</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>279</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.143</span>, etc.; πόθου κέντρα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>253e</span>; τὸν π. τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>631</span>: generally, [[desire]], <b class="b3">πόθῳ θανεῖν</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">τοῦ θανεῖν</b>) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>824</span>; π. γυναικός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> personified, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1039</span>(lyr.), where <b class="b3">Π</b>. and <b class="b3">Πειθώ</b> are children of Κύπρις; Ἔρως καὶ Ἵμερος καὶ Π. <span class="bibl">Paus.1.43.6</span>; Κύπρι Πόθων μῆτερ <span class="title">AP</span>10.21 (Phld.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> name of two plants, [[larkspur]], [[Delphinium Ajacis]], and [[asphodel]], [[Asphodelus ramosus]] (used at funerals), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.8.3</span>. (<b class="b3">ποθέω, ποθή, πόθος</b> are cogn. with <b class="b3">θέσσασθαι</b>, q.v.)</span>