ἐπιθῡμ-έω,
A. set one's heart upona thing,long for, covet, desire, c. gen. rei, Hdt. 2.66 , A. Ag. 216 , etc.: also c. gen. pers., Lys. 3.5 , X. An. 4.1.14 (later c. acc. pers., [ Men. ] ap. Clem.Al. Strom. 5.119 ,Tab.Defix.
Aud. 271.45 (Hadrumetum,iii A.D.)); of political attachments,τῶν
ἡμετέρων πολεμίων
And. 4.28
; ὀλιγαρχίας
Lys. 20.3
: c.inf.,desire todo, πλῶσαι
Hdt. 1.24
;ἀπικνέεσθαιib. 116 ; περισσὰ δρᾶν
S. Tr. 617
, etc.: abs.,desire, covet, Th. 6.92 ; ὁ ἀεὶ-ῶν
Pl. Prt. 313d
, etc.;τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ, = ἐπιθυμία ,eagerness forit, Th. 6.24 :— Pass. ,to be desired,τὰ
ἐπιθυμούμενα