ποθέω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From πόθος (póthos) and/or ποθή (pothḗ) +‎ -έω (-éō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ποθέω (pothéō)

  1. to long for, yearn after, desire
  2. to miss or regret (what is lost)
  3. to require
  4. to be anxious (to do something)

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Further reading

  • ποθέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ποθέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ποθέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ποθέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ποθέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.