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|Definition=Ep. inf. <b class="b3">διωκέμεναι, διωκέμεν</b> (v. infr.): fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> -ξω Sapph.1.21, Pi.''O.''3.45, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.3.13 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), ''An.''1.4.8, D.38.16 codd.; but διώξομαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''368 (and Elmsl. restored [[διώξει]] for -εις in ''Eq.''969, ''Nu.''1296, ''Th.''1224), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''168a: aor. ἐδίωξα: aor. 2 [[ἐδιώκαθον]] (v. [[διωκάθω]]): pf. δεδίωχα Hyp.''Lyc.''16:—Med. (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. διωχθήσομαι [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]19.95, Polyaen.2.13; but [[διώξομαι]] in pass. sense, [[LXX]] ''Am.''2.16, D.H.3.20: aor. ἐδιώχθην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.73, Antipho 2.1.3, 6, (ἐπ-, κατ-) Th.3.69, 3.4: pf. δεδίωγμαι ''Ev.Matt.''5.10: (cf. [[ϝιώκω]] ''GDI''3153 (Corinthian vase); v. [[δίω]]):—[[cause to run]], [[set in quick motion]], opp. [[φεύγω]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[pursue]], [[chase]], in [[war]] or [[hunting]], φεύγοντα [[διώκειν]] Il.22.199, etc.: abs., πεδίοιο διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι 5.223, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.11:—Med., <b class="b3">διώκεσθαί τινα πεδίοιο, δόμοιο</b>, [[chase]] one over or across... Il.21.602, Od.18.8.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. pers., of a lover, Sapph. l. c.; [[follow]], X.''HG''1.1.13; τοὺς εὐγνώμονας Id.''Mem.''2.8.6; δ. καὶ [[φιλεῖν]] τινα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''168a, cf. ''Ev.Luc.''17.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[pursue]] an [[object]], [[seek after]], [[ἀκίχητα]] [[διώκειν]] Il.17.75; σὸν μόρον δ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''997; τιμὰς δ. Th.2.63; <b class="b3">ἡδονήν, τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ καλόν</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''251a, ''Grg.''480c; [[ἀλήθεια]]ν ib.482e; δικαιοσύνην ''Ep.Rom.''9.30; λαθραίαν Κύπριν Eub. 67.9: [[proverb|prov.]], τὰ πετόμενα δ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1009b38; κατὰ σκοπὸν δ. ''Ep.Phil.''3.14; of plants, <b class="b3">δ. τοὺς ξηροὺς τόπους</b> [[seek]] them, Thphr. ''HP''1.4.2; δ. [[τὰ συμβάντα]] or [[τὸ συμβαῖνον]] = [[follow for]] or [[wait for]] the [[event]], D.4.39, 10.21:—Med., [[διώκεσθαι]] τὸ πλέον ἔχειν D.H.1.87 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); <b class="b3">μοῖρα διωξαμένη [αὐτούς]</b> ''IG''5(1).1355 (Messenia).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[pursue]] an [[argument]], τὴν ἐναντίωσιν Pl.''R.''454a; also, [[describe]], ὕμνῳ ἀρετάς Pi.''I.''4(3).21; τὴν Ἡρακλέους παίδευσιν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.34; [[recite]], λόγον ''PMag.Par.''1.958, cf. 335 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[drive away]] or [[chase away]], <b class="b3">διώκω οὔτιν' ἔγωγε</b> I don't [[force]] any one [[away]], Od.18.409; ἐκ γῆς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.77; [[banish]], Id.5.92.έ: metaph., <b class="b3">διώκεις μ' ᾗ μάλιστ' ἐγὼ σφάλην</b> you [[push]] or [[press]] me... [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Supplices|Supp.]]''156.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of the [[wind]], [[drive]] a ship, Od.5.332; of rowers, [[impel]], [[speed on her way]], <b class="b3">ῥίμφα διώκοντες</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὴν νῆα</b>) 12.182; νηῦς ῥίμφα διωκομένη 13.162; <b class="b3">Συριηγενὲς ἅρμα διώκων</b> [[driving]] it, Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.140, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''84; [[ἄτρυτος|ἄτρυτον]] δ. πόδα Id.''Eu.''403, cf. ''Th.''371.<br><span class="bld">2</span> seemingly intr., [[drive]], [[drive on]], Il.23.344,424; [[gallop]], [[run]], etc., dub. in A.''Th.''91 (lyr.); ἀναπηδήσαντες ἐδίωκον X.''An.''7.2.20; ἅμα διώκοντος = [[on the march]], Plu. ''Caes.''17: c. acc. spatii, διώξας περὶ ὀκτακοσίους σταδίους Chares 17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[urge]], [[impel]], βέλος χερί Pi.''I.''8(7).35; φόρμιγγα πλάκτρῳ Id.''N.''5.24; especially of music, <b class="b3">διώκω μοῦσαν</b> Pratin.Lyr.5; δ. μέλος Simon. 29:—Pass., ὑφ' ἡδονῆς διώκομαι… σὺν τάχει [[μολεῖν]] S.''El.''871.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[work]], [[urge on]], [[carry forward]], σκαφήτρους ''PFay.''112.2 (i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> pf. part. Pass. [[δεδιωγμένος]] = [[hurried]], [[rapid]], σφυγμοί Aret.''SA''2.8.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as law-term, [[prosecute]], [[ὁ διώκων]] = the [[prosecutor]], opp. ὁ [[φεύγων]], the [[defendant]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.82 (pl.), A.''Eu.''583, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ διώκων τοῦ ψηφίσματος τὸ λέγειν</b>... [[he who impeaches]] the [[clause]] in the [[decree]]... D.18.59; γραφὰς δ. Antipho 2.1.5; γραφὴν δ. τινά [[indict]], D. 59.69; δ. [[εἰσαγγελία]]ν Hyp.''Eux.''9; δ. τινὰ περὶ θανάτου X.''HG''7.3.6: c. gen. criminis, [[accuse]] of... [[prosecute]] for... δ. τινὰ τυραννίδος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.104; δειλίας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''368; παρανόμων And.1.22, cf. διωκάθειν; [[ψευδομαρτυρία|ψευδομαρτυρίων]] D.29.13, etc.; δ. [[ἀπάτη]]ς [[εἵνεκεν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.136; <b class="b3">φόνον τινὸς δ.</b> [[avenge]] another's [[murder]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1534 (anap.), cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Politica|Pol.]]''1269a2; <b class="b3">δίκην δ.</b> [[pursue one's rights at law]], D.54.41; δίκας μὴ οὔσας δ. Lys. 32.2: c. acc. et inf., [[accuse]] one of doing, App.''BC''4.50:—Pass., [[ὁ διωκόμενος]] Antipho2.1.5; θανάτου ὑπό τινος διώκεσθαι X.''Ap.''21; with play on 1.1, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''698 sq.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[persecute]], Ev.Jo.5.16, al.; δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκα [[δικαιοσύνη]]ς ''Ev.Matt.''5.10.