λιλαίομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A reduplicated and *ye-suffixed present. Α derivation from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”) has been proposed, which would make the word cognate with English lust, but Beekes calls this "hardly possible."

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.lǎi̯.o.mai̯/ → /liˈlɛ.o.mɛ/ → /liˈle.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.lǎi̯.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈlɛ.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈlɛ.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈle.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈle.o.me/

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	λῐλαίεαι	λῐλαίεται	λῐλαίεσθον	λῐλαίεσθον	λῐλαιόμε(σ)θᾰ	λῐλαίεσθε	λῐλαίονται
	subjunctive	λῐλαίωμαι	λῐλαίηαι	λῐλαίηται	λῐλαίησθον	λῐλαίησθον	λῐλαιώμε(σ)θᾰ	λῐλαίησθε	λῐλαίωνται
	optative	λῐλαιοίμην	λῐλαίοιο	λῐλαίοιτο	λῐλαίοισθον	λῐλαιοίσθην	λῐλαιοίμε(σ)θᾰ	λῐλαίοισθε	λῐλαιοίᾰτο
	imperative		λῐλαίεο	λῐλαιέσθω	λῐλαίεσθον	λῐλαιέσθων		λῐλαίεσθε	λῐλαιέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						λῐλαίεσθαι
participle	m					λῐλαιόμενος
	f					λῐλαιομένη
	n					λῐλαιόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, 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