ἰχανάω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ],

   A crave, yearn, v.l. for ἰσχ- in Il.23.300, Od 8.288; τυροῦ ἀλώπηξ ἰχανῶσα Babr.77.2:—Med., ἰχανᾶσθ' ἐπαυρέσθαι Herod. 7.26, cf. Hsch., EM478.44. (Cf. sq.; Ἴχανα, name of a town in Sicily, is derived from the root by St.Byz.: prob. cogn. with ἀχήν, ἠχήν; Avest. ᾱζι- 'craving', Skt. īhate 'crave'.)

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἰχανάω: ἴδε ἰσχανάω ἐν τέλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
s’attacher à, désirer.
Étymologie: ἔχω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἰχᾰνάω: (= ἰσχανάω) страстно желать (τυρου ἀλώπηξ ἰχανῶσα Babr.).

Frisk Etymological English

-άομαι
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: desire, try, crave (Hom., Babr., Herod.);
Compounds: IE [14] *h₂eh₂ǵʰ-, h₂i-h₂ǵh-? desire
Derivatives: also ἰχαίνω id. (Call. Aet. 1, 1, 22), prob. innovation after ὑφανάω : ὑφαίνω a. o. (s. Schwyzer 700); further on the formation Risch par. 112e , Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 360; also Bolling Lang. 21, 52. An alternating ρ-stem may be seen in ἶχαρ desire (A. Supp. 850, lyr.) vermutet werden. S. ἀχήν.
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [14] *h₂eh₂ǵʰ-, h₂i-h₂ǵh-? desire
Etymology: S. ἀχήν.