The corpus record

χατέω

chateo

crave, need

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Where it lives

Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

I crave, need

c. inf., crave, need, οὐδέ τις ἡμῖν δόρπου μνῆστις ἔην, μάλα περ χατέουσιν ἑλέσθαι Od. 13.280; δμῶες χατέουσιν ἀντία δεσποίνης φάσθαι 15.376: abs., χατέοντί περ ἔμπης Il. 15.399, cf. 9.518; μάλα περ χατέουσα Od. 2.249.

II want, have need of

c. gen., want, have need of, πάντες δὲ θεῶν χατέουσʼ ἄνθρωποι 3.48; μάλα περ χατέοντες ἀρωγῆς Epic. Oxy. 422, cf. AP 5.301.20 (Agath.), 7.583 (Id.), etc.

III

rarely c. acc. οἷά τε πολλὰ ἄνθρωποι χ. A.R. 4.1557.

In the wild

χατέοντί · chateonti Iliad 15.399
χατέουσί · chateousi Iliad 9.518
χατέουσιν · chateousin Odyssey 13.280
χατέουσιν · chateousin Odyssey 15.376
χατέουσα · chateousa Odyssey 2.249
χατέουσʼ · chateousʼ Odyssey 3.48

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χατέω (scan p. 1269; entry #8678).

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