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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[pray]], [[ask]]. <b class="b3">θέσσεσθαι αἰτεῖν</b>, <b class="b3">ἱκετεύειν</b>; <b class="b3">θεσσόμενος δεόμενος</b>, <b class="b3">ζητούμενος</b>, <b class="b3">ἱκετεύων</b> H.<br />Other forms: aor., ptc. <b class="b3">θεσσάμενος</b>, ind. 3. pl. <b class="b3">θέσσαντο</b> [[pray]] (Hes., Archil.);<br />Compounds: as 2. member in <b class="b3">πολύ-θεστος</b> a. o., prob. also in <b class="b3">ἀπό-θεστος</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">Ἀγλω-θέστης</b> (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 14 n. 2).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Θεστορίδης</b>, <b class="b3">Θεστόρειος</b>; <b class="b3">Θέστωρ</b> "entreater", father of Kalchas etc. (Il.)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [488] <b class="b2">*gʷʰedh-</b> [[pray]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">*θέθ-σασθαι</b>, sigmatic aorist beside <b class="b3">ποθέω</b> [[entreat]], s. <b class="b3">πόθος</b>. This and Boeot. <b class="b3">Θιό-φειστος</b> we get IE <b class="b2">*gʷʰedh-</b>, from where a. o. the OIr. <b class="b2">s-</b>subj. 1. pl. <b class="b2">-gessam</b> (: <b class="b3">θέσσασθαι</b>; ind. [[guidiu]] [[pray]] = <b class="b3">ποθέω</b>) and the OldIran. yot-present Av. <b class="b2">ǰaiδyemi</b> = OP. <b class="b2">ǰadiyāmiy</b> [[pray]], which may be identical to the supposed present <b class="b3">θέσσεσθαι</b> (IE <b class="b2">*g ʷʰedh-i̯-</b>). - On the peoples name <b class="b3">Θεσσαλοί</b> s.v.<br />See also: Weiteres s. <b class="b3">πόθος</b>.

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