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A. κίσσα 11) 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.