{
  "headword": "μαίομαι",
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    {
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86016",
      "data": {
        "quote": "μάσσομαι",
        "ref": "Il. 9.394",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.394"
      }
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>seek after, seek for,</i> γυναῖκα Il. l.c.; κευθμῶνας ἀνὰ σπέος <i>searching for</i> hiding-places in the cave, Od. 13.367, cf. 14.356, Hes. Op. 532, h.Cer. 44, Pi. O. 1.46, Trag.Adesp. 509 (lyr.); <i>pursue,</i> ὀ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος Alc. 25.1; δυνατὰ μαιόμενος Pi. P. 11.51, cf. N. 3.5; μ. ὄλεθρόν τινι <i>seek</i> oneʼs destruction, Nic. Th. 197: c. gen., A.R. 4.1275: c. inf., <i>seek</i> to do, Pi. O. 8.5, A. Ch. 786 (lyr., dub.), S. Aj. 287; <i>desire,</i> ἐγὼ δέ σʼ ἐμαιόμαν ( σε μὰ ὤμαν cod.) Sapph. Supp. 18.1; καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι Ead. 36 L.-P.; Κρητῶν μαιομίνων ὃς ἀναίνετο αὐταρχεῖν Pi. Pae. 4.36.—Never used in Prose; for it appears in Pl. Cra. 421a merely for an etym. purpose. (Prob. μᾰ ( ς)- <i>yo</i>-, cf. μασ-τήρ, μασ-τρός, μασ-τεύω; but μᾰ- is found in μᾰτεύω, μᾰ-τήρ; perh. cogn. with μῶμαι.)",
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          "citations": [
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86017",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὀ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος",
                "ref": "Alc. 25.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001.perseus-grc2:25.1"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86018",
              "data": {
                "quote": "δυνατὰ μαιόμενος",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 11.51",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.51"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-86019",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Κρητῶν μαιομίνων ὃς ἀναίνετο αὐταρχεῖν",
                "ref": "Pi. Pae. 4.36",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005.perseus-grc2:4.36"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "key": "mai/omai",
  "type": "main"
}