λιλαίομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A reduplicated and ye-suffixed present from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”).

Pronunciation
 

Verb

λῐλαίομαι • (lilaíomai)

  1. to desire, be eager or anxious [+infinitive = for something to happen, to do something]; [+genitive = for something]
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13–15:
      τὸν δ’ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
      νύμφη πότνι’ ἔρῡκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεᾱ́ων,
      ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι.
      tòn d’ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
      númphē pótni’ érūke Kalupsṓ, dîa theā́ōn,
      en spéssi glaphuroîsi, lilaioménē pósin eînai.
      [Odysseus] alone, longing for homecoming and his wife,
      the revered nymph Calypso, brightest of goddesses, detained
      in hollow caves, desiring for him to be her husband.

Inflection
   Present: λῐλαίομαι Epic
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive		 indicative λῐλαίομαι λῐλαίῃ,
λῐλαίει		 λῐλαίεται λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαιόμεθᾰ λῐλαίεσθε λῐλαίονται
subjunctive λῐλαίωμαι λῐλαίῃ λῐλαίηται λῐλαίησθον λῐλαίησθον λῐλαιώμεθᾰ λῐλαίησθε λῐλαίωνται
optative λῐλαιοίμην λῐλαίοιο λῐλαίοιτο λῐλαίοισθον λῐλαιοίσθην λῐλαιοίμεθᾰ λῐλαίοισθε λῐλαίοιντο
imperative   λῐλαίου λῐλαιέσθω λῐλαίεσθον λῐλαιέσθων   λῐλαίεσθε λῐλαιέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive λῐλαίεσθαι
participle m λῐλαιόμενος
f λῐλαιομένη
n λῐλαιόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References
  • “λιλαίομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “λιλαίομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “λιλαίομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λιλαίομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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