ἀγρώσσω
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
Ep. for ἀγρεύω, only in pres.,
A catch, ἀγρώσσων ἰχθῦς Od.5.53; freq. in Opp., H.3.339,543, al., cf. Call.Ap.60, Lyc.598, etc.: abs., go hunting, Opp.C.1.129:—Pass., Id.H.3.415, 4.565.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγρώσσω: Ἐπ. ἀντὶ ἀγρεύω, ἐν χρήσει μόνον κατ’ ἐνεστ., συλλαμβάνω· ἀγρώσσων ἰχθῦς, Ὀδ. Ε, 53· συχν. ἐν Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 3. 339, 543, κτλ.: - οὕτω Καλλ. εἰς Ἀπολλ. 60, Λυκόφρ., κτλ: - ἀπολ., ἐξέρχομαι ἐπὶ θήραν, Ὀππ. Κ. 1. 129: - Παθ., συλλαμβάνομαι, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 3. 415., 4. 565.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
chasser, pêcher.
Étymologie: ἄγρα.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἄγρα): catch, intensive; of the sea-gull ‘ever catching’ fish, Od. 5.53†.
Spanish (DGE)
capturar, cazar o pescar según el cont. (tal vez en origen ojear la presa) ἰχθῦς Od.5.53, cf. Opp.H.3.339, 543, Ἄρτεμις ἀγρώσσουσα Call.Ap.60, cf. Lyc.598. Nic.Th.416
•fig. Ἔρωτες ... ἀγρώσσουσι γυναῖκα Nonn.D.48.286
•abs. ir de caza Lyc.499, Euph.87.3, Opp.C.1.129, Nonn.D.42.163.
