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14 entries for longing

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γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for… craves. Also [sc. attested is the related present participle] glixo/menos ["longing for"], [meaning he] craving. But [also used] with an accusative: "and these were the things, these which [he] was longing for."Matched in translationhighshort
ε3070Ἔρωςlove… For we divide love [into different kinds]: as the intense longing for sexual acts, as Epicurus says, which cannot be seemly; but also also as the attempt to make friends on account of an …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2371Ἀνεῖλενprophesied, took up, took away, killed… keeping. And again: "The Spartans sent to question the oracle, longing to get a cure for the curse, and it prophesied thus: 'I hold Delos and Calabria the same and sacred Pytho and wind-swept …Matched in translationhigh

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Γλίχεται

longs for

[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] has too much regard for, craves. Also [sc. attested is the related present participle] glixo/menos ["longing for"], [meaning he] craving. But [also used] with an accusative:…

Γλίχεται· γενικῇ. λίαν ἔχεται, ἐπιθυμεῖ. καὶ Γλιχόμενος, ἐπιθυμῶν. κατ' αἰτιατικὴν δέ· καὶ ταῦτα ἦν, ἃ ταῦτ' ἐγλίχετο.

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α3499Ἀπορρῆξαι τὴν ψυχήνto break off one's life[Meaning] to expire. "[Him] longing to break off his life and at length succeeding in this." Also [sc. attested is] a)porrh/cousi, [meaning] they will chatter. The Pisidian [says]: "if we are silent about them, …Matched in translationhighshort

α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fire… poured on salt, sprinkled on poppy seeds, and satisfied his longing."Matched in translationhighmedium

α4696Ἀχίλλειος εὐχήAchillean prayer"That someday a longing for Achilles shall come to the sons of the Achaeans." Camillus, the general of the Romans, prayed an Achillean prayer, that in time the Romans would yearn for Camillus. It …Matched in translationhighshort

β95Βάξιν[ill] report… hand by words or by deeds, then I have no longing for long life since I bear this ill report." Meaning I do not wish to live with this report.Matched in translationhighshort

δ155Δεδμημένοιconquered… bridles all in a row and the polished double-pointed spears, longing for their horses and men alike, have been conquered [from the Lucanians] for Pallas."Matched in translationhighshort

δ1156ΔιοκλητιανόςDiocletian… Leucanians. And whereas Maximian came to regret this out of longing for his rule, Diocletian grew old peacefully for three years, demonstrating his abundant virtue, though not completely abandoning Hellenic religion.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1508Δρασείειςyou wish to do… to do. "O Zeus, what do you wish to do, longingly, to the people?" Aristophanes [says this]. Also [sc. attested is the participle] drasei/ontes, [meaning they] desiring to do something.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2896ἘρασίστρατοςErasistratos, Erasistratus… man cured Antiochos the king when he was sick with longing for his stepmother Stratonike. He discovered the illness by holding his hand over the man's heart and estimating its fluttering. For every time …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3795Εὐφημίαgood speech… and the rest of the nonsense of those lazy people longing for a feast. Thus reason teaches us that true piety is mute and full of sobriety, and is hardly burdensome. 'For good speech …Matched in translationhighmedium

η447Ἤραloved[Meaning he/she/it] was desiring, was longing for, had a passion for. "But Abraham loved a Roman battle, always supposing somehow that fortune was laughing at him." "A certain man loved an ugly slave-woman of …Matched in translationhighshort

χ516Χρηστουργίαuseful service[Meaning] good service. "She flees, longing to repay the man some time with useful service."Matched in translationhighshort