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|Definition=fut. -[[θεύσομαι]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[run after]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.22</span>; [[pursue]], τινα <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>5.177b</span>; [<b class="b3">τινὰ] ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις</b> by working on his desires, <span class="bibl">Clearch. 37</span>: freq. metaph., ὥσπερ αἱ σκύλακες εὖ μεταθεῖς καὶ ἰχνεύεις τὰ λεχθέντα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>128c</span>; τὰ τῆς ἀληθεστάτης πολιτείας ἴχνη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>301e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>226b</span>; αἰτίαν <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Protr.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[hunt]] or [[range over]], τὰ ὄρη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.9</span>: abs., [[hunt about]], [[range]], ib.<span class="bibl">6.25</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[run hither and thither]], ἑκασταχόσε <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>74</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀνιχνευούσας μεταθεῖν</b>, of bees, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>624a28</span>.</span>