ἐπιθῡμ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, desire, yearning, ἐ. ἐκτελέσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; ἐπιθυμίᾳ by passion, opposed to προνοίᾳ, [[ Th. 6.13 ] Refs]: generally, appetite, [[ Pl. “Cra.” 419d, etc.] Refs]; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐ. [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 82c ] Refs]; especially sexual desire, lust, [[ Democr. 234 (_plural_), Pl. “Phdr.” 232b, etc.] Refs]; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας ἐ. [[ X. “Lac.” 2.14. ] Refs]
__2. with genitive, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, ὕδατος, τοῦ πιεῖν, [[ Th. 2.52, 7.84, etc.; τοῦ πλέονος 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 224; τῆς τιμωρίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.7; τῆς μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν πολιτείας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10; τῆς παρθενίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 406b; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν [prev. author] “Criti.” 113d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐ. τινὸς εἶναι [[[prev. author] “Prt.” 318a, “Tht.” 143e; γεγονέναι [prev. author] “Lg.” 841c ] Refs]; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι θεάσασθαι [[[prev. author] “Ti.” 19b; ἐ. τινὸς ἐμβαλεῖν τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἐμποιεῖν ἔς τινα an inclination towards.., [[ Th. 4.81. ] Refs]
__II. ={ἐπιθύμημα}, object of desire, ἐπιθυμίας τυχεῖν Thalesap.[[ Stob. 3.1.172, cf. Lync. cited in Ath. 7.295a ] Refs]; ἀνδρὸς ἐ., of woman, [[ Secund. “Sent.” 8; πενήτων ἐ., of sleep, probably in [prev. work] 13. ] Refs]