ἰχᾰνάω [ῑ],
A. crave, yearn, v.l. for ἰσχ- in Il. 23.300 , Od 8.288 ; τυροῦ ἀλώπηξ ἰχανῶσα
Babr. 77.2
:— Med. , ἰχανᾶσθ' ἐπαυρέσθαι
Herod. 7.26
, cf. Hsch.,EM 478.44 . (Cf. sq.;Ἴχανα, name of a town in Sicily, is derived from the root by St.Byz. : prob. cogn. withἀχήν, ἠχήν; Avest.ᾱζι-'craving', Skt.īhate'crave'.)