ἐπιθυμέω
epithymeo
set oneʼs heart upon
Appears 76 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιθυμέω, A. set oneʼs heart upon a thing, long for, covet, desire, c. gen. rei, 2.66, Ag. 216, etc.: also c. gen. pers., 3.5, An. 4.1.14 (later c. acc. pers., [] ap. Strom. 5.119, Tab.Defix. Aud. 271.45 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.)); of political attachments, τῶν ἡμετέρων πολεμίων 4.28; ὀλιγαρχίας 20.3: c. inf., desire to do, πλῶσαι 1.24; ἀπικνέεσθαι ib.116; περισσὰ δρᾶν Tr. 617, etc.: abs., desire, covet, 6.92; ὁ ἀεὶ -ῶν Prt. 313d, etc.; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, = ἐπιθυμία, eagerness for it, 6.24:—Pass., to be desired, τὰ ἐπιθυμούμενα Phlb. 35d.
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