craving

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Ζωῆς πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Dem schlechten Leben vorzuziehen ist der Tod

Menander, Monostichoi, 193

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substantive

desire: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ.

craving for: P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ (gen.), ἔρως, ὁ (gen.) (rare P.), πόθος, ὁ (gen.) (rare P.).

craving for food, hunger: P. πεῖνα, ἡ.