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πόθος

πόθος, a longing, yearning, fond desire

πόθος, ὁ,
  • longing, yearning, regret (for something absent or lost, cf. Pl. Cra. 420a), mostly c. gen. obj., ἡνιόχοιο π. Il. 17.439; ἀλλά μʼ Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται Od. 14.144; γλυκὺν π. Ἀργοῦς Pi. P. 4.184; ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ A. Pers. 133 (lyr.), cf. Ag. 414 (lyr.); τοῦ βίου δʼ οὐδεὶς π. S. El. 822; ἔλαβε [αὐτοὺς] π. . . τῆς πόλιος Hdt. 1.165; ἀποθανόντος αὐτοῦ π. ἔχειν πάντας Id. 3.67, cf. S. Ph. 646, Ar. Ra. 66: with a possess. Pron., σὸς π. yearning after thee, Od. 11.202, cf. Ar. Pax 585; τὠμῷ π. S. OT 969, cf. OC 419: less freq. abs., τίς ὁ π. αὐτοὺς ἵκετʼ; Id. Ph. 601; σὺν πόθῳ γὰρ ἡ χάρις desire to give, Id. OC 1106: pl., πότερα πόθοισι; was it by reason of longing? ib. 333; τὰς ἐν τοῖς θρήνοις καὶ π. ἡδονάς Pl. Phlb. 48a.
    • II love, desire, Hes. Sc. 41 (who never uses ποθή), A. Pr. 654, S. Tr. 107 (lyr.), 368, Men. Sam. 279, Theoc. 2.143, etc.; πόθου κέντρα Pl. Phdr. 253e; τὸν π. τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ S. Tr. 631: generally, desire, πόθῳ θανεῖν (i.e. τοῦ θανεῖν) E. Andr. 824; π. γυναικός Ar. Ra. 55.
      • 2 personified, A. Supp. 1039 (lyr.), where Π. and Πειθώ are children of Κύπρις; Ἔρως καὶ Ἵμερος καὶ Π. Paus. 1.43.6; Κύπρι Πόθων μῆτερ AP 10.21 (Phld.).
    • III name of two plants, larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, and asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus (used at funerals), Thphr. HP 6.8.3. (ποθέω, ποθή, πόθος are cogn. with θέσσασθαι, q.v.)

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