ἐπόθησα

ποθέω

long for: aor ind act 1st sg

ποθέω

long for: aor ind act 1st sg

ποθ-έω, Od.1.343, etc.; [dialect] Aeol. [full] ποθήω Sapph.23; [dialect] Ep. inf.

A

ποθήμεναι Od.12.110

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

πόθεον Il.2.726

, etc.; also

ποθέεσκον 1.492

, Call.in PSI9.1092.51: [tense] fut.

ποθήσω X.Mem.3.11.3

, Oec.8.10, ([etym.] ἐπι-) Hdt.5.93; also

ποθέσομαι Lys.8.18

, Pl.Phd. 98a: [tense] aor. ἐπόθεσα, [dialect] Ep. πόθεσα, inf. ποθέσαι, Il.15.219, Od.2.375, 4.748, ([etym.] προ-) Gal.Thras. 29;

ἐπόθησα Pl.Men. 84c

, X.HG5.3.20, etc.; both forms in codd. of Hdt.,

ἐπόθησε 3.36

,

ἐπόθεσαν 9.22

; ἐπόθεσα also in codd. of Isoc.4.122, 19.7: [tense] pf.

πεπόθηκα AP11.417

, S.E.M.11.139, etc.:— [voice] Med., S.Tr. 103(lyr.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.

πεπόθημαι Orph.H.81.3

, etc.: (cf. πόθος fin.):—long for, yearn after (what is absent), miss or regret (what is lost),

φθινύθεσκε.. αὖθι μένων, ποθέεσκε δ' ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε Il.1.492

;

πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν 2.703

;

τοίην γὰρ κεφαλὴν ποθέω Od.1.343

;

π. στρατιᾶς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμᾶς Pi.O.6.16

, cf. Hdt.3.36, 9.22, etc.;

ἄνδρας πόλις ἥδε ποθεῖ IG12.945.10

;

ποθεῖν ποθοῦντα τήνδε γῆν στρατὸν λέγεις A.Ag. 545

;

τὸν δ' ἐμὸν δῆμον ποθῶν Ar.Ach.33

;

ποθεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα Id.Pl. 1127

; αἱ κνῆμαι.. σου.. τὰς πέδας π. ib. 276; ἡ χώρα αὐτὴ τὸ μὴ ὂν ποθήσει the place itself will miss what is absent, X.Oec.8.10;

π. τὰς ἐν τῇ νεότητι ἡδονάς Pl.R. 329a

, cf. Ti. 19a, And. 1.70:—[voice] Pass., S.Tr. 632, etc.; ὦ ποθουμένη (sc. Εἰρήνη) Ar. Pax 586;

ποθεῖκαὶ ποθεῖται Pl.Phdr. 255d

.

2 of things, crave, require,

τί γὰρ π. τράπεζα; E.Fr. 467

;

π. ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε Pl.Smp. 204d

, cf. Prt. 352a.

II c. inf., to be anxious to do, E.Hec. 1020, Antipho5.64, X.An.6.4.8; τὸ νοσοῦν ποθεῖ σε ξυμπαραστάτην λαβεῖν my sickness needs to take thee.., S.Ph. 675; ἆρα ἔτι ποθοῦμεν μὴ ἱκανῶς δεδεῖχθαι; do we still feel that it has not been satisfactorily proved? Pl.Lg. 896a:—[voice] Pass., ποθεῖται.. λεχθῆναι requires to be stated, Arist.EN 1097b23.

III abs., love with fond regret,

οἱ δὲ ποθεῦντες ἐν ἤματι γηράσκουσι Theoc.12.2

, cf. Luc.Im.22, etc.

2 τὸ ποθοῦν longing, desire (wrongly expld. by Sch. as = τὸ ποθούμενον), S.Tr. 196.

3 [voice] Med. only in ib. 103(lyr.), ποθουμένα φρήν the longing soul, cf. Eust.806.56.

ποθέω (cognate w. θέσσασθαι ‘pray for’, s. Boisacq 342, 799; Schwyzer I 719) 1 aor. ἐπόθησα (s. two next entries; Hom. et al.; LXX; TestSol 1:3 L; Test12Patr, Philo, Jos., Just., Mel.) to have a strong desire for, desire, wish (for), be anxious, strive after τὶ someth. (Pr 7:15; TestIss 2:5; SibOr 5, 420; Philo, De Jos. 90 ἀλήθειαν; Jos., Ant. 2, 65; Just., A I, 5, 4; Mel., P. 38, 261) D 4:3 (codd. and Lake; Bihlmeyer and many edd. ποιήσεις, cp. B 19:12); Dg 10:1. Foll. by the aor. inf. (Philo, Fuga 8 μαθεῖν; Jos., Vi. 204; Just., D. 2, 3) B 16:10; Dg 3:1. τὰ παρὰ θεῷ ποθούμενα what is desirable in the sight of God 12:8.—DELG.