ἱμείρω [ῑ],
Aeolic dialect ἰμέρρω [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.27, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 26.5] Refs 7th c.BC+], cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.949: (ἵμερος):— long for, desire, with genitive, τί κακῶν ἱμείρετε τούτων..; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.431, compare 555, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 31; μεγάλων 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.62; μάχης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 940; βίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 952, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 435 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, long or wish to do, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 233, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 587, “Ichn.” 128; ὄσσα μοι τέλεσσαι θῦμος ἰμέρρει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica ] Refs 7th c.BC+] [same place]: with adjective neuter, γνωτὰ κοὐκ ἄγνωτά μοι προσήλθεθ᾽ ἱμείροντες [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 59: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “El.” 1053; ἀσμένοις.. καὶ ἱμείρουσιν.. τὸ φῶς ἐγίγνετο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle ἱμείρομαι, aorist 1 ἱμειράμην lines[[ 14.163 ] Refs]:—passive, aorist 1 ἱμέρθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.44: with _genitive_, ὁππότ᾽ ἂν ἡβήσῃ τε καὶ ἧς ἱμείρεται αἴης (_Epic dialect_ _aorist_ _subjunctive_) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.41; χρημάτων ἱ. μεγάλως 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.123: with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, εἴ πως ἱμείραιτο παραδραθέειν φιλότητι (compare ἵμερος) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.163, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.59, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.120, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 386 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].—Epic dialect, Ionic dialect [[(5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.39)] Refs 5th c.BC+], and Trag. word: never in Attic dialect Prose; introduced as etymology in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cra.” [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]