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θηρεύω

θηρεύω, to hunt, go hunting

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θηρευούσας present active participle feminine accusative plural, present active participle feminine genitive singular of θηρεύω

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θηρ-εύω, aor. 1 ἐθήρευσα Pl. Euthd. 290c: pf. τεθήρευκα Id. Tht. 200a:—Med., fut. -σομαι Id. Sph. 222a: aor. ἐθηρευσάμην Ar. Fr. 51, Pl. Tht. 197d:—Pass., pf. τεθήρευμαι Lysipp.Com. 7: aor. ἐθηρεύθην Hdt. 3.102, A. Ch. 493, Pl. Sph. 221a: (cf. θηράω):—
  • hunt, θηρεύοντα while hunting, Od. 19.465, cf. Hdt. 4.112; θηρεύειν διὰ κενῆς, of the motions of the hands of dying persons, Hp. Prog. 4.
      • 2 decoy, Arist. HA 614a13.
    • II c. acc., hunt after, chase, catch, ἀττελέβους Hdt. 4.172; θηρία, ὄρνιθας ἀγρίας, μῦν, X. An. 1.2.7, Pl. Tht. 197c, PCair.Zen. 300.7 (iii B.C.); ἰχθῦς Arist. HA 603a7; [ἐλέφαντας] OGI 54.11 (Adule, iii B.C.); of men, Hdt. 4.183; θ. ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ θοίνην ἤ θυσίαν Arist. Pol. 1324b39, cf. X. An. 1.2.13; Τιτυὸν βέλος θήρευσε it hit, struck him, Pi. P. 4.90:—Med., Ar. Fr. 51, Pl. Grg. 464d, Euthd. 290b:—Pass., to be hunted, Hdt. 3.102; to be preyed upon, ib. 108; to be caught, πέδαις A. Ch. 493: metaph., to be captivated, Lysipp.Com. 7.
      • 2 metaph., hunt, seek after, κερδέων μέτρον Pi. N. 11.47; γάμους A. Pr. 858; ἀρετάν E. IA 568 (lyr.); θ. νέους πλουσίους ὀρφανούς Aeschin. 1.170; ἡδονάς, ἐπιστήμην, Isoc. 1.16, Pl. Tht. 200a, al.; [εὐδαιμονίαν] Arist. Pol. 1328b1; ὀνόματα, ῥήματα, Pl. Grg. 489b, And. 1.9, cf. Antipho 6.18; τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist. APr. 46a11; θ. τὸν πλησίον, of an orator, Phld. Rh. 2.5 S., al.—Trag. preferred θηράω, exc. where metre demanded θηρεύω.

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