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want
subs.
P. and V. χρεία, ἡ.
Lack:
P. and V. σπά̆νῐς, ἡ, ἀ̆πορία, ἡ, ἐρημία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, V. ἀ̆χηνία, ἡ.
Poverty:
P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀ̆πορία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ.
To roam in want:
V. βιοστερὴς χωρεῖν (Soph. O. C. 747).
Desire:
P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμία, ἡ.
Yearning for something absent:
P. and V. πόθος, ὁ (Plat. but rare P.); see desire.
Wants, necessaries:
P. and V. τὸ δέον, τὰ δέοντα.
For want of a little word I was left to wander in exile:
V. ἀλλʼ ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν φυγὰς . . . ἠλώμην (Soph. O. C. 443).
want
v. trans.
Lack:
P. and V. σπᾰνίζειν (gen.) (also pass. in V.), ἀ̆πορεῖν (gen.), P. ἐνδεῖν (or mid.) (gen.), V. πένεσθαι (gen.).
Be deficient in:
P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀ̆πολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
Require:
P. and V. δεῖσθαι (gen.), V. χρῄζειν (gen.), χᾰτίζειν (gen.).
Wanting:
use also V. κεχρημένος (gen.).
Want besides,
P. προσδεῖσθαι (gen.).
Desire:
P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμεῖν (gen.), ἐφί̄εσθαι (gen.), ὀρέγεσθαι (gen.); see desire.Absol. or with infin.: P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμεῖν, βούλεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐθέλειν ; see wish.

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