γλίχεσθαι

From LSJ

Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also γλίχομαι): be tenacious of, cling to, desire ardently

Lexicon Thucydideum

avere, to desire, wish, 8.15.1.