λελίημαι
leliemai
strive eagerly
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λελίημαι, old Ep. pf.,
‹ All lexicon entries strive eagerly, Il., but only in part. λελῐημένος, λ. ὄφρα τάχιστα ὤσαιτʼ Ἀργείους 5.690, cf. 4.465: as Adj., eager, βάν ῥʼ ἰθὺς Δαναῶν λελιημένοι 12.106, cf. 16.552: in later Ep. c. gen., eager for a thing, λελιημένοι ἠπείροιο 1.1164: also 3 sg. plpf. with inf., αὐδῆσαι λελίητο 3.1158, cf. 646, 4.1009: 2 sg. pf., λελίησαι ἀκούειν 25.196, cf. Fr. 280.4: 3 pl. plpf. λελίηντο prob. cj. in L. 118.
II. in phys. sense, αἰθὴρ ἐκτὸς ἔσω λελιημένος rushing, 100.18.