ἐπιθυμία
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A desire, yearning, ἐ. ἐκτελέσαι Hdt.1.32; ἐπιθυμίᾳ by passion, opp. προνοίᾳ, Th.6.13: generally, appetite, Pl.Cra.419d, etc.; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐ. Id.Phd.82c; esp. sexual desire, lust, Democr.234 (pl.), Pl.Phdr.232b, etc.; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας ἐ. X.Lac.2.14. 2. c. gen., longing after a thing, desire of or for it, ὕδατος, τοῦ πιεῖν, Th.2.52, 7.84, etc.; τοῦ πλέονος Democr. 224; τῆς τιμωρίας Antipho 2.1.7; τῆς μεθ' ὑμῶν πολιτείας And.2.10; τῆς παρθενίας Pl.Cra.406b; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id.Criti.113d; ἐν ἐ. τινὸς εἶναι Id.Prt.318a, Tht.143e; γεγονέναι Id.Lg.841c; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι θεάσασθαι Id.Ti.19b; ἐ. τινὸς ἐμβαλεῖν τινί X.Cyr.1.1.5; ἐ. ἐμποιεῖν ἔς τινα an inclination towards... Th.4.81. II. = ἐπιθύμημα, object of desire, ἐπιθυμίας τυχεῖν Thalesap.Stob.3.1.172, cf. Lync. ap. Ath.7.295a; ἀνδρὸς ἐ., of woman, Secund.Sent.8; πενήτων ἐ., of sleep, prob. in ib.13.
