ὀρέγεσθαι

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ὀρέγω): aim at, desire, hunger after, reach out after

Lexicon Thucydideum

adpetere, cupere, to seek, to desire, 2.61.4, 2.65.10, 3.42.6. 4.17.4, 4.21.2, 4.41.4, 4.92.2. 6.10.5, 6.16.6. 6.83.1.