to desire
Usage:
Not a primary reference, possibly a variation
Transliteration:
himeirō, himeiromai
Definition:
ἱμείρω [in LXX: Job.3:21 B3R (ABא, ὁμ-);] 1Th.2:8 (Rec.), see: ὁμείρομαί. (
AS)
Transliteration:
himeirō, himeiromai
Definition:
ἱμείρω [ῑ],
Aeolic dialect ἰμέρρω [
Refs 7th c.BC+], cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.949: (ἵμερος):—
long for, desire, with
genitive, τί κακῶν ἱμείρετε τούτων; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with
infinitive,
long or
wish to do, [
Refs 7th c.BC+] [same place]: with
adjective neuter, γνωτὰ κοὐκ ἄγνωτά μοι προσήλθεθ᾽ ἱμείροντες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
middle ἱμείρομαι,
aorist 1 ἱμειράμην
lines[
Refs]:—
passive,
aorist 1 ἱμέρθην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
infinitive, εἴ πως ἱμείραιτο παραδραθέειν φιλότητι (compare ἵμερος) [
Refs 8th c.BC+].—
Epic dialect,
Ionic dialect [
Refs 5th c.BC+], and Trag. word: never in
Attic dialect Prose; introduced as
etymology in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Transliteration:
himeíromai
Pronounciation:
him-i'-rom-ahee
Definition:
of uncertain affinity); to long for; be affectionately desirous; middle voice from (a yearning