| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ποθούσα | feeling the absence | LXX.Prov.7.15 |
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ποθέω (potheō) to feel absence G:V
ποθέω-έω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ποθέωήω [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive ποθέωήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect πόθεον [ποθέωέεσκον 1.492, Call.in “PSI” 9.1092.51 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ποθέωήσω [ποθέωέσομαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98a: ">Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐπόθεσα, Epic dialect πόθεσα, infinitive ποθέωέσαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; both forms in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπόθεσα also in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεπόθηκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect πεπόθημαι [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—long for, yearn after (what is absent), miss or regret (what is lost), φθινύθεσκε.. αὖθι μένων, ποθέωέεσκε δ᾽ ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε [ποθέωέω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.343; π. στρατιᾶς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμᾶς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.16, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36, 9.22, etc.; ἄνδρας πόλις ἥδε ποθέωεῖ “IG” 12.945.10; ποθέωεῖν ποθέωοῦντα τήνδε γῆν στρατὸν λέγεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 545; τὸν δ᾽ ἐμὸν δῆμον ποθέωῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 33; ποθέωεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα [prev. author] “Pl.” 1127; αἱ κνῆμαι.. σου.. τὰς πέδας π. [prev. work] 276 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ χώρα αὐτὴ τὸ μὴ ὂν ποθέωήσει the place itself will miss what is absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ ποθέωουμένη (i.e. Εἰρήνη) [ποθέωεῖκαὶ ποθέωεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of things, crave, require, τί γὰρ π. τράπεζ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with infinitive, to be anxious to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ νοσοῦν ποθέωεῖ σε ξυμπαραστάτην λαβεῖν my sickness needs to take thee.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρα ἔτι ποθέωοῦμεν μὴ ἱκανῶς δεδεῖχθα; do we still feel that it has not been satisfactorily proved? [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ποθέωεῖται.. λεχθῆναι requires to be stated, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III absolutely, love with fond regret, οἱ δὲ ποθέωεῦντες ἐν ἤματι γηράσκουσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.2 τὸ ποθέωοῦν longing, desire (wrongly explained by [ποθέωούμενον}), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 196. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 middle only in [ποθέωουμένα φρήν the ">Refs]longing soul,[Refs]