hunger

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. λιμός, ὁ, P. πεῖνα, ἡ.

Met., desire: P. and V. ἔρως, ὁ, ἐπιθυμία, ἡ; see desire.

dying of hunger, adj.: V. λιμοθνής.

the pangs of hunger: V. νήστιδες δύαι, αἱ.

verb intransitive

P. and V. πεινῆν (Sophocles, Fragment and Eur., Fragment).

fast: P. and V. ἀσιτεῖν.

hunger after: P. πεινῆν (gen.), P. and V. ἐπιθυμεῖν (gen.), ἐφίεσθαι (gen.), ὀρέγεσθαι (gen.), ἐρᾶν (gen.), Ar. and V. ἔρασθαι (gen.).