longing

From LSJ

Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120

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substantive

P. and V. ἐπιθυμία, ἡ, πόθος. ὁ (Plato but rare P.), ἵμερος, ὁ (Plato but rare P.).

adjective

See eager.