Strong G8829ποθέω
to feel absence
- Transliteration
- potheō
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
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) (ML)
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) (ML)