λιλαίομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A reduplicated and *ye-suffixed present, reconstructed as *li-lh₂s-ye-ti.[1] Α derivation from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s- (“to be eager, desire”) has been proposed, and compared with Latin lascīvus (“luxuriant, wanton”) (whence English lascivious), Proto-Slavic *làskati (“to caress, flatter”), Sanskrit लस् (las, “to play, radiate”), and Proto-Germanic *lustuz (“lust”), but Beekes calls this "hardly possible", and expresses skepticism at all comparisons mentioned above.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λῐλαίομαι • (lĭlaíomai)

  1. to desire, be eager or anxious, vehemently long for
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13–15:
      τὸν δ’ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
      νύμφη πότνι’ ἔρῡκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεᾱ́ων,
      ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι.
      tòn d’ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
      númphē pótni’ érūke Kalupsṓ, dîa theā́ōn,
      en spéssi glaphuroîsi, lilaioménē pósin eînai.
      alone, longing for homecoming and his wife,
      the revered nymph Calypso, brightest of goddesses, detained
      in hollow caves, desiring for him to be her husband.

Inflection

   Present: λῐλαίομαι (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative λῐλαίομαι λῐλαίεαι λῐλαίεται λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαιόμε(σ)θᾰ λῐλαίεσθε λῐλαίονται
subjunctive λῐλαίωμαι λῐλαίηαι λῐλαίηται λῐλαίησθον λῐλαίησθον λῐλαιώμε(σ)θᾰ λῐλαίησθε λῐλαίωνται
optative λῐλαιοίμην λῐλαίοιο λῐλαίοιτο λῐλαίοισθον λῐλαιοίσθην λῐλαιοίμε(σ)θᾰ λῐλαίοισθε λῐλαιοίᾰτο
imperative   λῐλαίεο λῐλαιέσθω λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαιέσθων   λῐλαίεσθε λῐλαιέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive λῐλαίεσθαι
participle m λῐλαιόμενος
f λῐλαιομένη
n λῐλαιόμενον
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lustu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λιλαίομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 862

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