μῶμαι

μῶμαι, Med., 3 sg. μῶται Epich. 117; 3 pl. μῶνται Euph. 157; imper. μῶσο Epich. [288] (corr. Ahrens), prob. in Hsch.; 3 sg. opt. μῷτο Diotog ap. Stob. 3.1.100; inf. μῶσθαι Thgn. 771, Pl. Cra. 406a, Jul. Or. 7.219a; part. μώμενος A. Ch. 45, 441 (both lyr.), S. Tr. 1136, OC 836 (lyr.): aor. ἐμώσατο Hsch.:—

• seek after, covet, c. acc., Thgn. l.c., etc.; τὸ ἀκριβές Diotog. l.c.; τὸ λανθάνον Jul. l.c.: c. inf. or abs., A. ll.cc.
• • II meditate or purpose, c. acc., S. ll.cc. (Non-thematic mō-, prob. cogn. with Lat. mōs ‘will’, ‘capriceʼ; cf. μαίομαι.)