ἐπιθυμίᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπιθυμίᾱ
ἐπιθυμίας
Structure:
ἐπιθυμι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- yearning, longing, desire, craving
- Often with a negative connotation: lust
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- Ὀπίσω τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν σου μὴ πορεύου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρέξεών σου κωλύου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:30)
- ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆσ δεήσεώσ σου ἐξῆλθε λόγοσ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἦλθον τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαί σοι. ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν εἶ σύ. καὶ ἐννοήθητι ἐν τῷ ρήματι καὶ σύνεσ ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 9:23)
- ἄρτον ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐκ ἔφαγον, καὶ κρέασ καὶ οἶνοσ οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἄλειμμα οὐκ ἠλειψάμην ἕωσ πληρώσεωσ τριῶν ἑβδομάδων ἡμερῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 10:3)
- καὶ εἶπε πρόσ με. Δανιὴλ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, σύνεσ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ, οἷσ ἐγὼ λαλῶ πρόσ σε, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τῇ στάσει σου, ὅτι νῦν ἀπεστάλην πρόσ σε. καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν πρόσ με τὸν λόγον τοῦτον ἀνέστην ἔντρομοσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 10:11)
- καὶ εἶπέ μοι. μὴ φοβοῦ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, εἰρήνη σοι. ἀνδρίζου καὶ ἴσχυε. καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἴσχυσα καὶ εἶπα. λαλείτω ὁ Κύριόσ μου, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσάσ με. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 10:19)
Synonyms
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yearning
- ὄρεξις (yearning, longing, desire)
- πόθος (a longing, yearning, fond desire or regret)
