γλίχομαι

glichomai

cling to, strive after, long for

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 1
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489d2
Hipparchus 1
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226e1
Phaedo 1
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117a2
Phaedrus 1
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248a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

γλίχομαι, only pres. and impf., exc. aor. 1 ἐγλιξάμην Pl.Com. 241:—Α. cling to, strive after, long for, τινός Hdt. 3.72; Αἰγύπτου Id. 4.152 (but γ. περὶ ἐλευθερίης Id. 1.102 (s. v. l.)); ταῦτʼ ἦν ὦν μάλιστʼ ἐγλίχετο D. 5.22; γ. τοῦ ζῆν Pl. Phd. 117a, Charond. ap. Stob. 4.2.24; κράτους Thphr. Char. 26.1: c. acc., Hp. Ep. 17 (dub.), Pl. Hipparch. 226e: folld. by a relat. clause, γλιχόμεθα τὴν μᾶζαν ἵνα λευκὴ παρῇ Alex. 141.7; ὡς στρατηγήσεις γλίχεαι how thou shalt become general, Hdt. 7.161: c. inf., ὧν ἐγλίχοντο μὴ ἅψασθαι Th. 8.15; εἰδέναι Pl. Grg. 489d; λέγειν D. 6.11; ἀποστερῆσαι Id. 18.207; ζῆν Antiph. 86.3; θιγεῖν Phld. D. 3.1.—Not in Ep. or Trag. (γλῐ-: γλίχων [ῑ] is f.l. for γλήχων in Hdn. Gr.1.37.)

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