pursuit
πάντων χρηµάτων µέτρον ἐστίν ἄνθρωπος, τῶν µέν ὄντων ὡς ἐστιν, τῶν δέ οὐκ ὄντων ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν → man is the measure of all things, of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not (Protagoras fr.1)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. δίωξις, ἡ, V. δίωγμα, τό (also plat. but rare P.), διωγμός, ὁ, μεταδρομή, ἡ (also Xen.).
hunt: P. and V. θήρα, ἡ (Plato), ἄγρα, ἡ (Plato); see hunt.
they harassed me ever with unresting pursuit: V. δρόμοις ἀϊδρύτοισιν ἠλάστρουν μ' ἀεί (Eur., Iphigenia in Tauris 97I).
eager pursuit, met.: P. and V. θήρα, ἡ.
practice: P. ἄσκησις, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευσις, ἡ.
the pursuit of virtue: P. ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια, ἡ (Plato).
study, occupation: P. ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, μελέτημα, τό, Ar. and P. διατριβή, ἡ.
in pursuit of: P. and V. ἐπί (acc.).
