χατέω

chateo

crave, need

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2249
Book 3 1
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348
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13280
Book 15 1
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15376
Iliad 2
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Book 9 1
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9518
Book 15 1
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15399

Dictionary (LSJ)

χατέω, Ep. Verb, used by Hom. only in pres.: later, impf. χατέεσκε Nonn. D. 4.56. I. c. inf., crave, need, οὐδέ τις ἡμῖν δόρπου μνῆστις ἔην, μάλα περ χατέουσιν ἑλέσθαι Od. 13.280; δμῶες χατέουσιν ἀντία δεσποίνης φάσθαι 15.376: abs., χατέοντί περ ἔμπης Il. 15.399, cf. 9.518; μάλα περ χατέουσα Od. 2.249. II. c. gen., want, have need of, πάντες δὲ θεῶν χατέουσʼ ἄνθρωποι 3.48; μάλα περ χατέοντες ἀρωγῆς Epic.Oxy. 422, cf. AP 5.301.20 (Agath.), 7.583 (Id.), etc. III. rarely c. acc. οἷά τε πολλὰ ἄνθρωποι χ. A.R. 4.1557.

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