πεινάω
Etym. forms in αε contr. into η not α_, as in διψάω
Etym. πεῖνα
I. "to be hungry, suffer hunger, be famished", Lat. esurio, Hom., etc.: πεινᾶντι (doric for -ῶντι) μὴ προσενθῆις don't go near "a hungry man", Theocr.
II. c. gen. "to hunger after", Od.: —metaph., π. χρημάτων, ἐπαίνου Xen., NTest.