μαίομαι
μαίομαι, Aeol.
μαίομαι and
μάομαι [ᾰ] (v. infr.): fut.
A). μάσσομαι Il. 9.394 (
Aristarch., recte): aor. I, V.
ἐπιμαίομαι:—
seek after, seek for,
γυναῖκα Il.l.c.;
κευθμῶνας ἀνὰ σπέος searching for 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.);
pursue,
ὀ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος Alc. 25.1 ;
δυνατὰ μαιόμενος Pi. P. 11.51 , cf.
N. 3.5 ;
μ. ὄλεθρόν τινι seek one's destruction,
Nic. Th. 197 : c. gen.,
A.R. 4.1275 : c. inf.,
seek to do,
Pi. O. 8.5 ,
A. Ch. 786 (lyr., dub.),
S. Aj. 287 ;
desire,
ἐγὼ δέ σ’ ἐμαιόμαν (
σε μὰ ὤμαν cod.)
Sapph. Supp. 18.1 ;
καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι Ead.
23 ;
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)-
yo-, cf.
μας-τήρ, μας-τρός, μας-τεύω; but
μᾰ- is found in
μᾰτεύω, μᾰ-τήρ; perh. cogn. with
μῶμαι.)
ShortDef
to seek
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Headword (normalized):
μαίομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μαιομαι
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μαίομαι</span>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">μαίομαι</span> and <span class="orth greek">μάομαι</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span> (v. infr.): fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μάσσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.394/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.394 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span></span>, recte): aor. I, V. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιμαίομαι</span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seek after, seek for</span>, <span class="foreign greek">γυναῖκα</span> Il.l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">κευθμῶνας ἀνὰ σπέος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">searching for</span> hiding-places in the cave, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.367/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.367 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:356" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.356/canonical-url/"> 14.356 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:532" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:532/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 532 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.46 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 509 </span> (lyr.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pursue</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὀ μαιόμενος τὸ μέγα κρέτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:25:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:25.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 25.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δυνατὰ μαιόμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.51 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 3.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὄλεθρόν τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seek</span> one\'s destruction, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 197 </a>: c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.1275/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.1275 </a>: c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seek</span> to do, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 8.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:786" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:786/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 786 </a> (lyr., dub.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 287 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">desire</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐγὼ δέ σ’ ἐμαιόμαν </span>(<span class="foreign greek">σε μὰ ὤμαν</span> cod.) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:18:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:18.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 18.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι</span> Ead.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23/canonical-url/"> 23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κρητῶν μαιομίνων ὃς ἀναίνετο αὐταρχεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:4:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:4.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pae.</span> 4.36 </a> .—Never used in Prose; for it appears in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:421a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:421a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 421a </a> merely for an etym. purpose. (Prob. <span class="itype greek">μᾰ</span>(<span class="etym greek">ς</span>)-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yo</span>-, cf. <span class="foreign greek">μας-τήρ, μας-τρός, μας-τεύω</span>; but <span class="itype greek">μᾰ</span>- is found in <span class="foreign greek">μᾰτεύω, μᾰ-τήρ</span>; perh. cogn. with <span class="foreign greek">μῶμαι.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}