ποθέω
potheōVerbG8829
to feel absence
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1.to long for, yearn after what is absent, to miss or regret what is lost, Lat. desiderare, (Homer), etc.; *ποθεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα *(Aristophanes Comicus); π. *τὰς ἐν τῆι νεότητι ἡδονάς *(Plato Philosophus):—;Pass., ὦ *ποθουμένη *(i.e. Εἰρήνη) (Aristophanes Comicus)
2.of things, to require, *ποθεῖ ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε *(Plato Philosophus)
3.with infinitive to be anxious to do, (Euripides); *τὸ νοσοῦν ποθεῖ σε ξυμπαραστάτην λαβεῖν *my sickness needs to take thee as an assistant, (Sophocles Tragicus)
4.absolute, *τὸ ποθοῦν *one's desiring, one's longing, (Sophocles Tragicus)
5.as Dep., *ποθουμένη φρήν *the longing soul, (Sophocles Tragicus)
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