λῐλαίομαι, onlypres.andimpf.,
A. longordesire earnestly, freq. in Hom. , mostly c.inf.,long to beordoso and so,τίμε . . λιλαίεαι ἠπεροπεύειν; Il. 3.399 ; λ. πολεμίζειν
16.89
; εὐνηθῆναι
14.331
: metaph., of a lance,λιλαιομένη χροὸς ἆσαι longingto taste flesh, 21.168 , cf. 11.574 , 15.317 ;λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι longing for himto be her husband, Od. 1.15 , 9.30 , 32 , 23.334 : c. gen.,long for,πολέμοιο, ὁδοῖο, βιότοιο, δόρποιο, Il. 3.133 , Od. 1.315 , 12.328 , 13.31 ; alsoφόωσδε λιλαίεο struggleto the light of day, 11.223 : so in later Ep. , c.inf., A.R. 3.394 , al.: c. acc., Nonn. D. 28.144 : abs., ib. 42.132 .—Cf.λελίημαι.