A.full of longing, “ἔρος” Sapph.Supp.4.11; but usu.
2. longed for, desired, desirable, “τίς ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ βίος π.;” Simon.71; “οὐκ . . δήμῳ φίλος οὐδὲ π.” Callin.1.16; “χρυσὸς π. κτῆμα τοῖς βροτοῖς” E.Fr.1132.31; esp. of those absent or lost, “παῖς πατρὶ π.” Pi.O.10(11).87, cf. I.5(4).7, etc.; ποθεινὰ Ἑλλάς desire of seeing Greece, Id.P.4.218; “π. ἦλθες” E.IT515; “π. ἂν μόλοις” Id.Hel.540; π. δάκρυα tears of regret, Id.Ph.1737(lyr.): also in Com. and Prose, “ἀγαθὸς ποιητὴς καὶ π. τοῖς φίλοις” Ar.Ra.84; “ὦ ποθεινὴ τοῖς . . γεωργοῖς ἡμέρα” Id.Pax556 (paratrag., cf. E.Hel.623); “τὴν τῶν ἐναντίων τιμωρίαν -οτέραν αὐτῶν λαβόντες” Th.2.42; “-ότερος θάνατος βίου” Lys.2.73; “τὸ -ότατον τῆς ψυχῆς ἦθος” X.Mem.3.10.3; “ποθεινοὶ ἀλλήλοις” Pl.Ly.215b, etc. Adv. Comp. -οτέρως, σφῶν αὐτῶν ἔχειν long more ardently for each other, X.Lac.1.5.
II. longed for, desired, missed, E.Cyc.620 (lyr.); ποθεινὴ δακρύοισι συμφορά desired by tears, i.e. desiring, calling for tears, Id.Med.1221(s.v.l.).