πεῖνα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. πείνη, ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hunger, famine</b>, πείνη δ' οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐπέρχεται <span class="bibl">Od. 15.407</span> ; <b class="b3">πεῖνα</b> (v.l. [[πείνη]] ) καὶ δίψα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>585a</span> ; <b class="b3">δίψαν . . καὶ πεῖναν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">437d</span> ; δίψα καὶ πεῖνα <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>414b11</span> ; πείνην τε καὶ δίψος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>34d</span> ; <b class="b3">πείνη</b> ib. <span class="bibl">31e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ly.</span>221a</span> : pl., δίψαι καὶ πεῖναι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span> 1389a9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">hunger</b> or <b class="b2">longing for</b> a thing, διὰ μαθημάτων πείνην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>52a</span>. (In nom. and acc. sg. Pl. usu. has <b class="b3">πείνη -ην</b>, v. supr.)</span>