λιλαίομαι

λιλαίομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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	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