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|Definition=aor. 1 <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐθήρευσα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>290c</span>: pf. τεθήρευκα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>200a</span>:—Med., fut. -σομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 222a</span>: aor. ἐθηρευσάμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197d</span>:—Pass., pf. <b class="b3">τεθήρευμαι</b> Lysipp.Com.<span class="bibl">7</span>: aor. ἐθηρεύθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>493</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span> 221a</span>: (cf. [[θηράω]]):—[[hunt]], <b class="b3">θηρεύοντα</b> [[while hunting]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.465</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.112</span>; <b class="b3">θηρεύειν διὰ κενῆς</b>, of the motions of the hands of dying persons, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[decoy]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>614a13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[hunt after]], [[chase]], [[catch]], ἀττελέβους <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.172</span>; <b class="b3">θηρία, ὄρνιθας ἀγρίας, μῦν</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>300.7</span> (iii B.C.); ὶχθῦς <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>603a7</span>; [<b class="b3">ἐλέφαντας</b>] <span class="title">OGI</span>54.11 (Adule, iii B.C.); of men, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.183</span>; θ. ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ θοίνην ἤ θυσίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1324b39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">Τιτυὸν βέλος θήρευσε</b> it [[hit]], [[struck]] him, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.90</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>464d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthd.</span>290b</span>:—Pass., [[to be hunted]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>; [[to be preyed upon]], ib.<span class="bibl">108</span>; [[to be caught]], πέδαις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>493</span>: metaph., [[to be captivated]], Lysipp.Com.<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[hunt]], [[seek after]], κερδέων μέτρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.47</span>; γάμους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>858</span>; ἀρετάν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>568</span> (lyr.); θ. νέους πλουσίους ὀρφανούς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.170</span>; <b class="b3">ἡδονάς, ἐπιστήμην</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>200a</span>, al.; [<b class="b3">εὐδαιμονίαν</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1328b1</span>; <b class="b3">ὀνόματα, ῥήματα</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>489b</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.18</span>; τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν συλλογισμῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>46a11</span>; <b class="b3">θ. τὸν πλησίον</b>, of an orator, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 2.5 S., al.—Trag. preferred <b class="b3">θηράω</b>, exc. where metre demanded <b class="b3">θηρεύω</b>.</span>