ἵμερος ἵ_μερος, ὁ, a longing or yearning after a thing, Lat. desiderium, c. gen., Il.; γόου ἵμερον ὦρσεν raised [in them] a yearning after tears, i. e. a desire to weep, Il.; and with a second gen., πατρὸς ὑφʼ ἵμερον ὦρσε γόοιο for his father, Od.; ἵμερον ἔχειν ἱμείρεσθαι, Hdt.:—in pl., πολλοὶ ἵμεροι various emotions, Aesch. absol. desire, love, Il., etc. as adj., but only in neut. as adv., ἵμερον αὐλεῖν Anth.; ἵμερα μελίζεσθαι, δακρύειν Anth.