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