μενεαίνω
meneaino
desire earnestly
Appears 38 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μενεαίνω, (μένος) A. desire earnestly or eagerly, c. pres. inf., μηδὲ θεοῖς μενεαινέμεν ἶφι μάχεσθαι Il. 5.606, cf. Od. 13.30, etc.: more freq. c. aor. inf., μενεαίνεις Ἰλίου ἐξαλαπάξαι πτολίεθρον Il. 4.32, etc.: rarely c. fut. inf., ἐρύσσεσθαι (v.l. -ασθαι) μενεαίνων 21.176, Od. 21.125 (s. v. l.): when abs., an inf. may be supplied, σὺ δʼ ἀσπερχὲς μενεαίνεις [διῶξαι] Il. 22.10; μάλα περ μενεαίνων [καταφθῖσαι] Od. 5.341, etc.: also c.gen., μ. μάχης long for battle, Sc. 361: c. acc. rei, ὄλεθρον μ. τινί purpose death against another, 12.380. II. to be angry, rage, Il. 19.68, 24.22,54; ἔριδι μενεήναμεν 19.58; μ. τινί rage against one, 15.104, Od. 1.20, etc.; κτεινόμενος μενέαινε wrestled with death, Il. 16.491 (Sch. expld. it by ἐλειποθύμει).—Ep., and Ps.- Fr. 1132.51 (lyr.).
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