A.“κίσσα” 11) crave for strange food, of pregnant women, Arist.HA584a19, Arr.Epict.4.8.35, Gal.6.422; “κ. τῆς γηθυλλίδος” Polem.Hist.36: metaph., “κ. τῆς εἰρήνης” Ar.Pax 497 (lyr.): c. inf., long to do a thing, Id.V.349 (cf. Sch.); “ἐκίττα ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τῷ μειρακίῳ” Longus 4.33.
II. Act., conceive, LXX Ps.50(51).7.