1. to long for, yearn after what is absent, to miss or regret what is lost, Lat. desiderare, (Homer), etc.; ποθεῖς τὸν οὐ παρόντα (Aristophanes Comicus); π. τὰς ἐν τῆι νεότητι ἡδονάς (Plato Philosophus):—;Pass. ὦ ποθουμένη (i.e. Εἰρήνη) (Aristophanes Comicus)

2. of things, to require , ποθεῖ ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε (Plato Philosophus)

3. with infinitive to be anxious to do, (Euripides); τὸ νοσοῦν ποθεῖ σε ξυμπαραστάτην λαβεῖν my sickness needs to take thee as an assistant, (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. absolute, τὸ ποθοῦν one's desiring, one's longing , (Sophocles Tragicus)

5. as Dep. ποθουμένη φρήν the longing soul, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)