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μενοινάω

menoinao

desire eagerly

Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μενοινάω, Ep. μενοιν-ώω Il. 13.79; 3sg. μενοινάᾳ 19.164: Ep. impf. μενοίνεον 12.59; 3sg. ἐμενοίνα Hes. Sc. 368, μενοίνα Od. 11.532, Theoc. 25.62: aor. μενοίνησεν Od. 2.36; subj. μενοινήσωσι Il. 10.101; opt. μενοινήσειε 15.82 (but subj. μενοινήῃσι Aristarch.), Od. 2.248: (μένος): — A. = μενεαίνω, desire eagerly, φρεσὶν ᾗσι μ. Od. 2.34; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι Il. 14.264; θυμῷ, ἐνὶ θυμῷ, 19.164, Od. 2.248: mostly c. acc. rei, ib. 285, al.; ἔργα πολλὰ μ. Pi. N. 11.45; νόῳ ὅγε πολλὰ μενοίνα Theoc. l.c.: also c. pres. inf., μ. πολεμίζειν Il. 19.164, cf. Od. 22.217: c. aor. inf., 2.248, 21.157, Pi. P. 1.43; also μενοίνεον εἰ τελέουσι were eager to see whether . . , Il. 12.59: rarely abs., ὧδε μενοινῶν so eager [for battle], 15.293; μ. τινί τι design or purpose something against one, κακὰ δὲ Τρώεσσι μενοίνα Od. 11.532: c. dat. rei alone, strive for a thing, μ. χρήμασι Thgn. 461.—Ep. and Lyr., twice in Trag., in pres., τί ποτε μενοινᾷ; S. Aj. 341; νιν σφάξαι μενοινᾷς E. Cyc. 448; once in Ar., pres., ἐξελεῖν ἡμῶν μενοινῶν . . τἀνθρήνια V. 1080.
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