ποθεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>623</span>:—shortd. ποθινός (q.v.): (ποθέω):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[full of longing]], ἔρος <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>4.11</span>; but usu. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[longed for]], [[desired]], [[desirable]], τίς ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ βίος π.; <span class="bibl">Simon.71</span>; οὐκ… δήμῳ φίλος οὐδὲ π. <span class="bibl">Callin.1.16</span>; χρυσὸς π. κτῆμα τοῖς βροτοῖς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1132.31</span>; esp. of those absent or lost, παῖς πατρὶ π. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).87</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>5(4).7</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ποθεινὰ Ἑλλάς</b> [[desire of]] seeing Greece, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>4.218</span>; π. ἦλθες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>515</span>; π. ἂν μόλοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>540</span>; <b class="b3">π. δάκρυα</b> tears [[of regret]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1737</span>(lyr.): also in Com. and Prose, ἀγαθὸς ποιητὴς καὶ π. τοῖς φίλοις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>84</span>; ὦ ποθεινὴ τοῖς… γεωργοῖς ἡμέρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>556</span> (paratrag., cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>623</span>); τὴν τῶν ἐναντίων τιμωρίαν -οτέραν αὐτῶν λαβόντες <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>; -ότερος θάνατος βίου <span class="bibl">Lys.2.73</span>; τὸ -ότατον τῆς ψυχῆς ἦθος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.3</span>; ποθεινοὶ ἀλλήλοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>215b</span>, etc. Adv. Comp. <b class="b3">-οτέρως, σφῶν αὐτῶν ἔχειν</b> [[long more ardently]] for each other, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[longed for]], [[desired]], [[missed]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>620</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ποθεινὴ δακρύοισι συμφορά</b> [[desired by]] tears, i.e. [[desiring]], [[calling for]] tears, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1221</span>(s.v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Subst., perh. name of a colour (cf. πόθος ''III'') or kind of paint, χρίσει ποθεινῷ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>445.11</span> (iii B. C.).</span>