The corpus record

λίπτομαι

liptomai

to be eager

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k

What it meant

λίπτομαι · liptomai — LSJ

to be eager, to be eager for, long for

to be eager, οὔτε μεῖον οὔτʼ ἴσον λελιμμένοι A. Th. 355 (lyr.): c. gen., to be eager for, long for, μάχης λελιμμένος ib. 380:—later in Act. λίπτω, A.R. 4.813, Lyc. 131, Nic. Th. 126. (Cf. λίψ· ἐπιθυμία, Hsch., ἔλιπεν, = ἐπιθυμητικῶς ἤσθιεν, Id., λιψουρία, and perh. Lith. liẽpti ‘command’.)

In the wild

λελιμμένοι · lelimmenoi Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 352–355
λελιμμένος · lelimmenos Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 380–381

Where it came from

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