ἐπιθυμητικός
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English (LSJ)
(hyperdor. ἐπιθῡμ-ᾱτικός Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.62), ή, όν,
A desiring, coveting, lusting after, τινός Pl.R.475b, al.; τὸ ἐ. that part of the soul which is the seat of the desires and affections, ib.439e, Arist.EN1102b30, etc. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν τινός, = ἐπιθυμεῖν, Hell.Oxy.16.4, Pl.Phd.108a, Isoc.15.244, D.L.8.1; ἐ. διακεῖσθαι Palaeph.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 943] ή, όν, begehrend, verlangend, begierig, τινός, wonach, Plat. Legg. V, 475 b; τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν, das Begehrungsvermögen (Arist. eth. 1, 13, E.), σίτων καὶ ποτῶν, Eßbegierde, Tim. 70 d 91 b, vgl. Rep. IV, 440 c u. Plut. de def. orac. 36. – Adv. ἐπιθυμητικῶς, z. B. ἔχω, = ἐπιθυμῶ, Plat. Phaedr. 108 a.
