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Ἐφίεται · craves (ε 3914) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε3914

ε3910they send, they permit
ε3911craving
ε3912to give up, to let go
ε3913to Hieron
ε3914craves
ε3915let him permit
ε3916sits on
ε3917sits on
ε3918allowed, permitted

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3914

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Ἐφίεται

craves

Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology

2 notes · 7 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive.¹ [Meaning he/she/it] desires.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐφίεται· γενικῇ. ἐπιθυμεῖ.

Betacode

*)efi/etai: genikh=|. e)piqumei=.

Notes (2)

From the middle voice of e)fi/hmi; cf. epsilon 3911 and epsilon 3920.

1Comparably in syntactical lexica. ↩

2Same or similar glossing in other lexica; the headword must be quoted from somewhere but is too commonplace to track down.

Linked from3 entries

ε3879Ἐφετικόςdesiring, expressing desire[Meaning someone] lusting/yearning.
ε3911Ἐφιέμενοιcraving[Meaning they] desiring.
ε3920Ἐφίῃyou crave, you long for[Meaning] you desire. "Why do you crave misfortunes?" [That is], long for [them]. Why do you long for these things, he is saying, which are not easy to bear, [namely] grief and lamentation?

Neighbouring entries

ε3912Ἐφιέναιto give up, to let go ε3913Ἐφίερονto Hieron ε3914Ἐφίεταιcraves ε3915Ἐφιέτωlet him permit ε3916Ἐφιζάνειsits on

Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Mar 2016

20 Mar 2016Revised — David Whitehead
19 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
11 Jan 2005another note — David Whitehead
27 Jul 2003augmented note — Catharine Roth
3 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐφίεται (Adler number epsilon 3914), trans. David Whitehead, 3 Dec 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3914

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗