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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διώκειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιδιώκειν]], [[καταδιώκειν]], [[μεταδιώκειν]]; see also [[follow]].

[[join in pursuing]]: [[prose|P.]] [[συνδιώκειν]] (absol.).

[[drive in pursuit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλαύνειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλαστρεῖν]], [[τροχηλατεῖν]].

[[run after]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μεταθεῖν]] (acc.).

[[hunt]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θηρᾶν]] (or mid.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]), [[θηρεύειν]], [[ἀγρεύειν]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[κυνηγετεῖν]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκκυνηγετεῖν]]; see also [[follow]].

[[seek eagerly]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θηρεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[θηρᾶν]] (or mid.); see [[seek]].

[[pursue]] ([[virtue]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διώκειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Ion]]'', 440); see [[practise]].

[[be engaged in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσκεῖν]] (acc.), [[ἐπιτηδεύειν]] (acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπασκεῖν]] (acc.).

[[pursue]] (an [[occupation]]): [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μεταχειρίζεσθαι]].

[[pursue]] (a [[course]] of [[action]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετέρχεσθαι]] (acc.).

[[pursue a track]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἴχνος μετέρχεσθαι]].

[[by pursuing the argument in this way you might even fancy that physical strength is wisdom]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ μετιὼν καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν οἰηθείης ἂν εἶναι σοφίαν]] ([[Plato]], ''Prol.''350D).

[[pursue]] (with [[vengeance]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετέρχεσθαι]] (acc. ).

[[pursue]] (an [[advantage]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπεξέρχεσθαι]] (dat.) ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 14).
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