ἰχᾰνάω [ῑ],
A). crave, yearn, v.l. for
ἰσχ- in
Il. 23.300 , Od
8.288 ;
τυροῦ ἀλώπηξ ἰχανῶσα Babr. 77.2 :— Med.,
ἰχανᾶσθ’ ἐπαυρέσθαι Herod. 7.26 , cf.
Hsch., EM 478.44 . (Cf. sq.;
Ἴχανα, name of a town in Sicily, is derived from the root by
St.Byz.: prob. cogn. with
ἀχήν, ἠχήν; Avest.
ᾱζι- 'craving', Skt.
īhate 'crave'.)