θέσσασθαι
θέσσασθαι, poet. aor.
A). pray for, c. acc.
θεσσάμενος γενεήν Hes. Fr. 201 ;
γλυκερὸν νόστον Archil. 11 ;
παίδων γένος A.R. 1.824 , cf.
Euph. 136 : c. inf.,
τάν ποτ’ εὔανδρον [εἶναι]. . θέσσαντο prayed that this land might be .. ,
Pi. N. 5.10 (
Hsch. also has
θέσσεσθαι, θεσσόμενος, θήσω, θησόμενοι, θησάμενοι):—hence Adj.
θεστός, only in compds.
ἀπόθεστος, πολύθεστος (q.v.), Boeot. pr. n.
Θεόφειστος, Ion.
Ἐρμόθεστος. (Perh.
g[uglide]hedh-, cf.
πόθος (fr.
φόθος), OIr.
-guidiu, Welsh
gweddïo 'pray', Lith.
gedėti 'mourn';
θήσω, θησόμενοι, θησάμενοι seem to be analogical formations.)
ShortDef
to pray
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
θέσσασθαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
θεσσασθαι
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">θέσσασθαι</span>, poet. aor. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pray for</span>, c. acc. <span class="quote greek">θεσσάμενος γενεήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 201 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γλυκερὸν νόστον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παίδων γένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:824" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.824/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.824 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euph.</span> 136 </a>: c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">τάν ποτ’ εὔανδρον [εἶναι]. . θέσσαντο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayed that</span> this land might be .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 5.10 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> also has <span class="foreign greek">θέσσεσθαι, θεσσόμενος, θήσω, θησόμενοι, θησάμενοι</span>):—hence Adj. <span class="orth greek">θεστός</span>, only in compds. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπόθεστος, πολύθεστος</span> (q.v.), Boeot. pr. n. <span class="foreign greek">Θεόφειστος</span>, Ion. <span class="foreign greek">Ἐρμόθεστος</span>. (Perh. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">g[uglide]hedh-</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">πόθος</span> (fr. <span class="foreign greek">φόθος</span>), OIr. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">-guidiu</span>, Welsh <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gweddïo</span> \'pray\', Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gedėti</span> \'mourn\'; <span class="foreign greek">θήσω, θησόμενοι, θησάμενοι</span> seem to be analogical formations.)</div> </div><br><br>'}