τητάομαι
τητάομαι, to be in want, suffer want
τητάομαι, Dor. τᾱτ-, (τήτη) Pass., only used in pres.,
- to be in want, σὺ δὲ τητᾷ Hes. Op. 408; τὸ τητᾶσθαι privation, S. El. 265; τητῶνται shd. be read for ἡττῶνται (or ἀπατῶνται) in X. Cyr. 8.4.33.
- 2 elsewh. always c. gen., to be in want of, be deprived or bereft of, φίλων τατώμενος Pi. N. 10.78, cf. E. Hel. 274; [ἀνδρός], πατρός, νυμφίων, S. OC 1618, E. Heracl. 24, Hec. 324; τῶν ἐμῶν τ. πρὸς τοῦ κακίστου S. Ph. 383; ἀδέρκτων ὀμμάτων Id. OC 1200; Ἑλλάδος τητώμενοι E. Heracl. 31; χορῶν τ. Id. El. 310; χαρμάτων τητώμεθα Id. Or. 1084; ῥυθμοῦ τε καὶ ἁρμονίας Pl. Lg. 810b; εὐγενείας Arist. EN 1099b2; ἔργου Jul. Or. 4.134c.
τητάομαι,
τήτη
only used in pres.
- 1Pass., to be in want, suffer want, Hes.; τὸ τητᾶσθαι privation, Soph.
- 2c. gen. to be in want of, be deprived or bereft of, Soph., Eur.