A.wish, long, c. inf., Il.13.638, Od.4.162, Pi.O.1.4: c. gen., long for, “σὴν ἄλοχον τῆς αἰὲν ἐέλδεαι” Od.5.210; ἐλδόμεναι πεδίοιο (of mules) eager to reach it, Il.23.122: c.acc., desire, “ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος” Od.1.409, cf. Il.5.481: abs., “νόστησας ἐελδομένοισι μάλ᾽ ἡμῖν” Od.24.400:—Pass. only once, νῦν τοι ἐελδέσθω πόλεμος be war now welcome to thee, Il. 16.494.
ἔλδομαι and ἐέλδομαι , poet. Verb, only pres. and impf.,