ἐπιθυμέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[set one's heart upon]] a thing, [[long for]], [[covet]], [[desire]], c. gen. rei, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.66</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>216</span>, etc.: also c. gen. pers., <span class="bibl">Lys.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.14</span> (later c. acc. pers., [Men.] ap.<span class="bibl">Clem.Al.<span class="title">Strom.</span>5.119</span>, <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span> <span class="title">Aud.</span>271.45 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.)); of political attachments, [[τῶν]] ἡμετέρων πολεμίων <span class="bibl">And.4.28</span>; ὀλιγαρχίας <span class="bibl">Lys.20.3</span>: c. inf., [[desire to do]], πλῶσαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.24</span>; [[ἀπικνέεσθαι]] ib.<span class="bibl">116</span>; περισσὰ δρᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>617</span>, etc.: abs., [[desire]], [[covet]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.92</span>; ὁ ἀεὶ-ῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν</b> <b class="b3">τοῦ πλοῦ</b>, = [[ἐπιθυμία]], [[eagerness]] for it, <span class="bibl">Th.6.24</span>:—Pass., to [[be desired]], [[τὰ]] ἐπιθυμούμενα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>35d</span>.</span>