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