πεινάω
πεινάω
forms in αε contr. into η not ᾱ, as in διψάω
πεῖνα
to be hungry, suffer hunger, be famished, Lat. esurio, Hom., etc.: πεινᾶντι (Doric for -ῶντι) μὴ προσενθῆις donʼt go near a hungry man, Theocr.
c. gen. to hunger after, Od.: —metaph., π. χρημάτων, ἐπαίνου Xen., NTest.