ἐπιθυμέω
From LSJ
Πενία δ' ἄτιμον καὶ τὸν εὐγενῆ ποιεῖ → Pauper inhonorus, genere sit clarus licet → Die Armut nimmt selbst dem, der edel ist, die Ehr'
English (LSJ)
A set one's heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire, c. gen. rei, Hdt.2.66, A.Ag.216, etc.: also c. gen. pers., Lys.3.5, X.An.4.1.14 (later c. acc. pers., [Men.] ap.Clem.Al.Strom.5.119, Tab.Defix. Aud.271.45 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.)); of political attachments, τῶν ἡμετέρων πολεμίων And.4.28; ὀλιγαρχίας Lys.20.3: c. inf., desire to do, πλῶσαι Hdt.1.24; ἀπικνέεσθαι ib.116; περισσὰ δρᾶν S.Tr.617, etc.: abs., desire, covet, Th.6.92; ὁ ἀεὶ-ῶν Pl.Prt.313d, etc.; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, = ἐπιθυμία, eagerness for it, Th.6.24:—Pass., to be desired, τὰ ἐπιθυμούμενα Pl.Phlb.35d.
