ποθεινός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 623 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—shortened ποθινός (which see): (ποθέω):— full of longing, ἔρος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 4.11 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; but usually
__2 longed for, desired, desirable, τίς ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ βίος π.; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 71; οὐκ.. δήμῳ φίλος οὐδὲ π. 7th c.BC: Callinus Epicus 1.16; χρυσὸς π. κτῆμα τοῖς βροτοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1132.31 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; especially of those absent or lost, παῖς πατρὶ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).87, compare “I.” 5(4).7, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποθεινὰ Ἑλλάς desire of seeing Greece, [[ [prev. author] “P.” 4.218; π. ἦλθες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 515; π. ἂν μόλοις [prev. author] “Hel.” 540 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δάκρυα tears of regret, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1737 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]: also in Comedy texts and Prose, ἀγαθὸς ποιητὴς καὶ π. τοῖς φίλοις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 84; ὦ ποθεινὴ τοῖς.. γεωργοῖς ἡμέρα [prev. author] “Pax” 556 (_paratragoedia_, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 623); τὴν τῶν ἐναντίων τιμωρίαν -οτέραν αὐτῶν λαβόντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42; -ότερος θάνατος βίου 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.73; τὸ -ότατον τῆς ψυχῆς ἦθος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.3; ποθεινοὶ ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 215b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb comparative -οτέρως, σφῶν αὐτῶν ἔχειν long more ardently for each other, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II longed for, desired, missed, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 620 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποθεινὴ δακρύοισι συμφορά desired by tears, i.e. desiring, calling for tears, [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 1221 (assuming variant). ] Refs]