θηρεύω

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aor. 1

   A ἐθήρευσα Pl. Euthd.290c: pf. τεθήρευκα Id.Tht.200a:—Med., fut. -σομαι Id.Sph. 222a: aor. ἐθηρευσάμην Ar.Fr.51, Pl.Tht.197d:—Pass., pf. τεθήρευμαι Lysipp.Com.7: aor. ἐθηρεύθην Hdt.3.102, A.Ch.493, Pl.Sph. 221a: (cf. θηράω):—hunt, θηρεύοντα while hunting, Od.19.465, cf. Hdt.4.112; θηρεύειν διὰ κενῆς, of the motions of the hands of dying persons, Hp.Prog.4.    2 decoy, Arist.HA614a13.    II c. acc., hunt after, chase, catch, ἀττελέβους Hdt.4.172; θηρία, ὄρνιθας ἀγρίας, μῦν, X.An.1.2.7, Pl.Tht.197c, PCair.Zen.300.7 (iii B.C.); ὶχθῦς Arist. HA603a7; [ἐλέφαντας] OGI54.11 (Adule, iii B.C.); of men, Hdt. 4.183; θ. ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ θοίνην ἤ θυσίαν Arist.Pol.1324b39, cf. X.An. 1.2.13; Τιτυὸν βέλος θήρευσε it hit, struck him, Pi.P.4.90:—Med., Ar.Fr.51, Pl.Grg.464d, Euthd.290b:—Pass., to be hunted, Hdt.3.102; to be preyed upon, ib.108; to be caught, πέδαις A.Ch.493: metaph., to be captivated, Lysipp.Com.7.    2 metaph., hunt, seek after, κερδέων μέτρον Pi.N.11.47; γάμους A.Pr.858; ἀρετάν E.IA568 (lyr.); θ. νέους πλουσίους ὀρφανούς Aeschin.1.170; ἡδονάς, ἐπιστήμην, Isoc.1.16, Pl.Tht.200a, al.; [εὐδαιμονίαν] Arist.Pol.1328b1; ὀνόματα, ῥήματα, Pl.Grg.489b, And.1.9, cf. Antipho 6.18; τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist.APr.46a11; θ. τὸν πλησίον, of an orator, Phld.Rh. 2.5 S., al.—Trag. preferred θηράω, exc. where metre demanded θηρεύω.