κισσάω
κισσάω, to crave for strange food
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κιττῶντες present active participle masculine nominative plural, present active participle masculine vocative plural of κισσάω
κισσάω, Att. κιττ-, (κίσσα II)
- crave for strange food, of pregnant women, Arist. HA 584a19, 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.
κισσάω-ῶ, att. κιττάω-ῶ :
1 avoir des envies, en parl. de femmes grosses, Arstt. H.A. 7, 4 ; Arr. Epict. 4, 8, 345 ; d’où désirer passionnément, gén. Ar. Pax 497 ; Ath. 372a ; avec l’inf. Ar. Vesp. 349 ||
2 p. ext. devenir grosse, concevoir, Spt. Ps. 50, 7.
Étym. κίσσα.
κισσάω, att. κιττάω, das heftige Gelüst schwangerer Frauen nach besonderen, oft widernatürlichen Speisen haben, τινός ; Ath. IX.372a ; Arist. H.A. 7.4 u. A.; übh. wonach lüstern sein, heftig verlangen, τῆς εἰρήνης Ar. Pax 4971c. infin., Vesp. 349.
κισσάω
from κίττα
κισσάω,
- to crave for strange food, of pregnant women: metaph., κ. τῆς εἰρήνης Ar.; c. inf. to long to do a thing, Ar.