κισσάω

English (LSJ)

Att. κιττ-, (

   A κίσσα 11) crave for strange food, of pregnant women, Arist.HA584a19, Arr.Epict.4.8.35, Gal.6.422; κ. τῆς γηθυλλίδος Polem.Hist.36: metaph., κ. τῆς εἰρήνης Ar.Pax 497 (lyr.): c. inf., long to do a thing, Id.V.349 (cf. Sch.); ἐκίττα ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τῷ μειρακίῳ Longus 4.33.    II Act., conceive, LXX Ps.50(51).7.