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ἐπιθυμία

epithymia

desire, yearning

Appears 226 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπιθυμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. desire, yearning, ἐ. ἐκτελέσαι Hdt. 1.32; ἐπιθυμίᾳ by passion, opp. προνοίᾳ, Th. 6.13: generally, appetite, Pl. Cra. 419d, etc.; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐ. Id. Phd. 82c; esp. sexual desire, lust, Democr. 234 (pl.), Pl. Phdr. 232b, etc.; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας ἐ. X. Lac. 2.14. 2. c. gen., longing after a thing, desire of or for it, ὕδατος, τοῦ πιεῖν, Th. 2.52, 7.84, etc.; τοῦ πλέονος Democr. 224; τῆς τιμωρίας Antipho 2.1.7; τῆς μεθʼ ὑμῶν πολιτείας And. 2.10; τῆς παρθενίας Pl. Cra. 406b; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id. Criti. 113d; ἐν ἐ. τινὸς εἶναι Id. Prt. 318a, Tht. 143e; γεγονέναι Id. Lg. 841c; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι θεάσασθαι Id. Ti. 19b; ἐ. τινὸς ἐμβαλεῖν τινί X. Cyr. 1.1.5; ἐ. ἐμποιεῖν ἔς τινα an inclination towards . ., Th. 4.81. II. = ἐπιθύμημα, object of desire, ἐπιθυμίας τυχεῖν Thales ap.Stob. 3.1.172, cf. Lync. ap. Ath. 7.295a; ἀνδρὸς ἐ., of woman, Secund. Sent. 8; πενήτων ἐ., of sleep, prob. in ib.13.
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