pray for, c. acc. θεσσάμενος γενεήν Hes. Fr. 201; γλυκερὸν νόστον Archil. 11; παίδων γένος A.R. 1.824, cf. Euph. 136: c. inf., τάν ποτʼ εὔανδρον [εἶναι] . . θέσσαντο prayed that this land might be . . , Pi. N. 5.10 (Hsch. also has θέσσεσθαι, θεσσόμενος, θήσω, θησόμενοι, θησάμενοι):—hence Adj. θεστός, only in compds. ἀπόθεστος, πολύθεστος (q.v.), Boeot. pr. n. Θεόφειστος, Ion. Ἐρμόθεστος. (Perh. gṷhedh-, cf. πόθος (fr. φόθος), OIr. -guidiu, Welsh gweddïo ‘pray’, Lith. gedėti ‘mournʼ; θήσω, θησόμε
The corpus record
θέσσασθαι
thessasthai
pray for, prayed that
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What it meant — LSJ
pray for, prayed that
Where it came from
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