πεινάω — Middle Liddell

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.

ShortDef

to be hungry, suffer hunger, be famished

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πεινάω

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πεινάω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

πειναω

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IDX:

25309

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25337

Key:

peina/w

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