1. to long for, yearn after what is absent, to miss or regret what is lost, Lat. desiderare, (Homer), etc.; ποθεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα (Aristophanes Comicus); π. τὰς ἐν τῆι νεότητι ἡδονάς (Plato Philosophus):—;Pass., ὦ ποθουμένη (i.e. Εἰρήνη) (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. of things, to require , ποθεῖ ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε (Plato Philosophus) 3. with infinitive to be anxious to do, (Euripides); τὸ νοσοῦν ποθεῖ σε ξυμπαραστάτην λαβεῖν my sickness needs to take thee as an assistant, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. absolute, τὸ ποθοῦν one's desiring, one's longing , (Sophocles Tragicus) 5. as Dep., ποθουμένη φρήν the longing soul, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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G8829 — ποθέω
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potheō · to feel absence · Greek
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