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πειν-άω , forms in αε contr. into η not α_ (as in διψάω, cf. Phryn.42),
A.πεινῇς, -Ar. Eq. 1270 ; inf. “πεινῆνId.Nu. 441, Pl.595, Pl. Grg.496c ; Ep. “πεινήμεναιOd.20.137 (only here in Od.) : impf. “ἐπείνωνX. HG6.2.15 : fut. “πεινήσωHdt. 2.13, Ar. Pl. 539, X.Mem.2.1.17 ; later πεινάσω [α_] LXX Si.24.21, al., Apoc. 7.16: aor. “ἐπείνησαX. Cyr.8.3.39, “ἐπείνα_σαLXXGe.41.55, Luc. Epigr.50, Aesop. 62, Ps.-Callisth. 3.6 : pf. “πεπείνηκαPl.R.606a : later we find the contr. of αε into α_, ἐπείνας, πεινᾷ, -ᾶν, LXXDe. 25.18, Ep.Rom. 12.20, etc. : (πεῖνἀ):—to be hungry, πεινάων, of a lion, Il.3.25 ; “λέοντε . . ἄμφω πεινάοντε16.758 ; “λέοντα . . μέγα πεινάοντα18.162 ; κακῶς π. to be starved, Hdt.2.13,14 ; “π. βάδηνAr. Ach. 535 ; thrice in Trag., “πεινῶσαS.Fr. 199; “πεινῶντιE. Fr. 895, Achae. 25 ; “πεινᾶντι δὲ μηδὲ ποτένθῃςTheoc. 15.148 : metaph., “πεινῆν φασι τὴν γῆνThphr. HP8.6.2.
II. c. gen., hunger after, “σίτου δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἔφη πεινήμεναιOd. 20.137.
2. metaph., hunger, crave after, “χρημάτωνX. Cyr. 8.3.39, etc. ; “ἐπαίνουId.Oec. 13.9 ; simply, to be in want of, lack, “πεινῶντες ἀγαθῶνPl. R. 521a ; “μάλα π. συμμάχωνX. Cyr. 7.5.50, etc. : later c. acc., “οἱ π. καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνηνEv.Matt.5.6. [α_ in uncontr. forms in Hom. With this the Dor. contractions δια-πεινᾶμες (v. διαπεινάω) and “πεινᾶντιTheoc. l. c., and the Att. contractions (-η- from -ηε-) agree ; but πεινῶντι Dor. 3pl. pres. ind. in X.HG1.1.23 codd. points to -α^οντι.]
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