prey
prey
subs.
Booty: P. and V. λεία, ἡ, ἁρπᾰγή, ἡ.
Quarry: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ, (Plat. but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήρᾱμα, τό.
A prey for (generally of persons): V. σκῦλον, τό (dat.), ἕλωρ, τό (dat.), ἁρπᾰγή, ἡ (gen. or dat.), ἕλκημα, τό (gen.), διαφθορά, ἡ (dat.).
Victim to be devoured: Ar. and V. φορβή, ἡ (dat.), V. θοίνη, ἡ (dat.), θοινᾱτήριον, τό (dat.); see under food.
Be a prey to, be haunted by, met.: P. and V. σῠνεῖναι (dat.). σῠνέχεσθαι (dat.), ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.).
Be troubled by: P. and V. νοσεῖν (dat.).
A prey to: use adj., P. and V. σύνοικος (dat.) (Plat.).
They were ruined by falling a prey to personal quarrels: P. ἐν σφίσι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας διαφορὰς περιπεσόντες ἐσφάλησαν (Thuc. 2.65).
They thought that the Athenians being engaged in double war both against them and the Sicilian Greeks would fall an easier prey: P. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνόμιζον διπλοῦν τὸν πόλεμον ἔχοντας πρός τε σφᾶς καὶ Σικελιώτας εὐκαθαιρετωτέρους ἔσεσθαι (Thuc. 7.18).
subs.
Booty: P. and V. λεία, ἡ, ἁρπᾰγή, ἡ.
Quarry: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ, (Plat. but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήρᾱμα, τό.
A prey for (generally of persons): V. σκῦλον, τό (dat.), ἕλωρ, τό (dat.), ἁρπᾰγή, ἡ (gen. or dat.), ἕλκημα, τό (gen.), διαφθορά, ἡ (dat.).
Victim to be devoured: Ar. and V. φορβή, ἡ (dat.), V. θοίνη, ἡ (dat.), θοινᾱτήριον, τό (dat.); see under food.
Be a prey to, be haunted by, met.: P. and V. σῠνεῖναι (dat.). σῠνέχεσθαι (dat.), ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.).
Be troubled by: P. and V. νοσεῖν (dat.).
A prey to: use adj., P. and V. σύνοικος (dat.) (Plat.).
They were ruined by falling a prey to personal quarrels: P. ἐν σφίσι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας διαφορὰς περιπεσόντες ἐσφάλησαν (Thuc. 2.65).
They thought that the Athenians being engaged in double war both against them and the Sicilian Greeks would fall an easier prey: P. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνόμιζον διπλοῦν τὸν πόλεμον ἔχοντας πρός τε σφᾶς καὶ Σικελιώτας εὐκαθαιρετωτέρους ἔσεσθαι (Thuc. 7.18).
PREY
s. praeda; raptum (booty). A bird of prey avis rapax (Cic.): a beast of prey bestia rapax (Plin.); bestia praedatrix (Ammianus).
s. praeda; raptum (booty). A bird of prey avis rapax (Cic.): a beast of prey bestia rapax (Plin.); bestia praedatrix (Ammianus).
v. praedari: praedam or praedas facere or agere. To prey upon exedere: consumere: absumere grief preys upon the mind maeror exest animum planeque conficit.
prey (subs.): praeda: deer, the p. of wolves, cervi, luporum p., Hor. Od. 4, 4, 50: Phaedr. (Raptum, only of human beings: v. PLUNDER .) A beast of p., (bestia, animal) rapax, Plin. 11, 45, 101, where the adj. is used in pl., absol.: later, bestia praedatrix: Amm. (N.B.--Usu. fera will be sufficiently precise: v. WILD BEAST .) Phr.: the p. of anxious thoughts, *quem vexant sollicitudines, sollicitae curae: v. TO DISQUIET , HARASS .
prey (v.):
I. Lit.: praedor, 1: Virg. G. 1, 130. The cat p.s upon mice and birds, *feles muribus et avibus infestissimus; feles mures et aves infestissime insectatur; felium esca mures avesque minutiores.
II. Fig.:
1. ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3 (esp. poet.): if aught p.s upon the mind, si quid est animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39: Virg. Strengthened, perĕdo, 3: Virg. Aen. 6, 442.
2. less strong, sollĭcĭto, vexo, etc.: v.TO HARASS . The pass. may be expr. by tābesco, ui, 3 (to pine away, be the victim of some feeling): to be p.'d upon by vexation, molestiis tabescere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37: v. TO PINE .
I. Lit.: praedor, 1: Virg. G. 1, 130. The cat p.s upon mice and birds, *feles muribus et avibus infestissimus; feles mures et aves infestissime insectatur; felium esca mures avesque minutiores.
II. Fig.:
1. ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3 (esp. poet.): if aught p.s upon the mind, si quid est animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39: Virg. Strengthened, perĕdo, 3: Virg. Aen. 6, 442.
2. less strong, sollĭcĭto, vexo, etc.: v.