1. ἔλδομαι · eldomai — Chantraine
The corpus record
ἔλδομαι
eldomai
plus souvent ἐέλδομαι, seulement thème de présent, done (F)éASouœu, et avec prot
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k
- Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
- Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
What it meant
2. ἔλδομαι · eldomai — Frisk
3. ἔλδομαι · eldomai — Frisk
4. ἔλδομαι · eldomai — LSJ
wish, long, c. inf., Il. 13.638, Od. 4.162, Pi. O. 1.4: c. gen., long for, σὴν ἄλοχον τῆς αἰὲν ἐέλδεαι Od. 5.210; ἐλδόμεναι πεδίοιο (of mules) eager to reach it, Il. 23.122: c. acc., desire, ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος Od. 1.409, cf. Il. 5.481: abs., νόστησας ἐελδομένοισι μάλʼ ἡμῖν Od. 24.400:—Pass. only once, νῦν τοι ἐελδέσθω πόλεμος be war now welcome to thee, Il. 16.494.
In the wild
- ἐέλδεται · eeldetai Works and Days 381–382
- ἐέλδεται · eeldetai Iliad 13.638
- ἐέλδομαι · eeldomai Iliad 14.276
- ἐελδέσθω · eeldesthō Iliad 16.494
- ἐλδόμεναι · eldomenai Iliad 23.122
- ἔλδεται · eldetai Iliad 5.481
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔλδομαι (scan p. 451; entry #1990).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔλδομαι (scan p. 348; entry #2397). Root candidates: *wel-.
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔλδομαι (scan p. 517; entry #1831).
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