Ποθέεσκεν

kept desiring

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[Meaning he/she/it] was desiring, was seeking after.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποθέεσκεν· ἐπόθει, ἐπεζήτει.

Betacode

*poqe/esken: e)po/qei, e)pezh/tei.

Notes

(Entry out of alphabetical order.)
Frequentative form, third person singular, from poqe/w (pi 1860, pi 1863). Homer uses it (without the nu ephelkustikon) of Achilles at Iliad 1.492 (web address 1).
Same entry in Hesychius.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π1856Πόθενhow come?π1857Πόθεν Ποῖwhence? whither?π1858Ποθέεσκενkept desiring π1859Ποθεινόςdesirable π1860Ποθεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα καὶ μάτην καλεῖςyou long for him who is absent and you call in vain

Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Apr 2014

10 Apr 2014another note — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Oct 2011betacode typo — Catharine Roth
24 Oct 2011Revised — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010x-refs; another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2010Translated — Catharine Roth