ἐπαιτεῖν
From LSJ
ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐπαιτέω): ask as a beggar, ask for, crave as a favor, crave as a favour
