πειν-άω,
forms in αε contraction into η not ᾱ (as in διψάω,[[compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 42)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], πεινῇς, -ῇ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1270 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive πεινῆν [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 441, “Pl.” 595, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 496c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεινήμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.137 (only here in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐπείνων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πεινήσω [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 539, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later πεινάσω [ᾱ] [[ LXX.Sir.24.21, +others, NT.Rev.7.16 ] LXX+NT]: aorist ἐπείνησα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.39, ἐπείνᾱσα LXX.Gen.41.55, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 50, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 62, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.6 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect πεπείνηκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 606a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: later we find the contraction of αε into ᾱ, ἐπείνας, πεινᾷ, -ᾶν, [[ LXX.Deu.25.18, NT.Rom.12.20, etc.] LXX+NT]: (πεῖνἀ):—to be hungry, πεινάων, of a lion, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.25; λέοντε.. ἄμφω πεινάοντε 16.758; λέοντα.. μέγα πεινάοντα 18.162 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακῶς π. to be starved, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 14; π. βάδην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 535 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; thrice in Trag., πεινῶσα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 199; πεινῶντι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 895, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 25; πεινᾶντι δὲ μηδὲ ποτένθῃς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.148: _metaphorically_, πεινῆν φασι τὴν γῆν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.6.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]