1. ποθέω · potheō — Beekes
to desire, long for, miss
The corpus record
ποθέω
potheo
to desire, long for, miss
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 5 · 7.24/10k
- Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
- Acharnians 4 · 5.63/10k
- On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
- Against Alcibiades 1 1 · 4.15/10k
- Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
- The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
- Peace 3 · 3.77/10k
- Plutus 3 · 3.72/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ποθέω · potheō — Chantraine
Hom
3. ποθ-έω · poth-eō — LSJ
long for, yearn after
Attestations
- ποθέεσκε · potheeske Iliad 1.492
- πόθεόν · potheon Iliad 2.703
- πόθεόν · potheon Iliad 2.709
- πόθεόν · potheon Iliad 2.726
- ποθέοντες · potheontes Iliad 2.778
- ποθέοντε · potheonte Iliad 5.234
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1266-1267; entry #5078 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 939; entry #6640 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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