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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-άσω [ᾱ</b>] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>958</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1426</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.24</span>, etc.: aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐθήρᾱσα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>233</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1215</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.10</span>: pf. <b class="b3">τεθήρᾱκα</b> ib. <span class="bibl">2.4.16</span>; Thess. pf. part. πεφειράκοντες <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).536:—Med., fut. <b class="b3">θηράσομαι</b> (which, acc. to Moer., is the true Att. fut.) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>228</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>1324</span>: aor. ἐθηρᾱσάμην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1007</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>919</span>:—.,Pass., fut. -ᾱθήσομαι <span class="title">Gp.</span> 12.9.2: aor. <b class="b3">ἐθηράθην</b> (v. infr. 111): (θήρ, θήρα):—[[hunt]], [[chase]], <b class="b3">λαγώς, σφῆκας</b>, X.<span class="title">An.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.2.12</span>, etc.; καί μ' οὓς ἐθήρων πρόσθε θηράσουσι νῦν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>958</span>; of fishermen, [[catch]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span>: metaph., [[catch]] or [[capture]], καί σ' εἷλε θηρῶνθ' ἡ τύχη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1026</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1007</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.1.9</span>: [[captivate]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.28</span>, <span class="bibl">3.11.7</span>; <b class="b3">θ. πόλιν</b> [[seek to destroy]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 233</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[hunt after]] a thing, [[pursue]] it [[eagerly]], τυραννίδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>542</span>; θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>92</span>; μυρίαι κόραι θηρῶσι λέκτρον τοὐμόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>960</span>; <b class="b3">ἥμαρτον ἢ θηρῶ τι</b>; have I missed or <b class="b2">do I hit the quarry?</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1194</span>; <b class="b3">τί χρῆμα θηρῶν</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>115</span>; [[reach]], [[attain to]], τι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).46</span> (s.v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., [[seek]], [[endeavour]] to do, θηρᾷ γαμεῖν με <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>63</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">11.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> = [[ἐκπράσσω]] <span class="bibl">111</span>, θηρήτω δὲ ἁ θοιναρμόστρια <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1498 (Messenia, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med. like Act., [[hunt for]], [[fish for]], ἐγχέλεις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>864</span>: abs., <b class="b3">οἱ θηρώμενοι</b> [[hunters]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> more freq. metaph., [[seek after]], ἐμέτοισι θηρώμενοι τὴν ὑγιείην <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.77</span>; <b class="b3">μαστοῖς ἔλεον θ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>568</span>; τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης δόξαν <span class="bibl">D. 61.21</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θ. πυρὸς πηγήν</b> [[find]], [[discover]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>109</span>; [[expect to derive]], τι παρά τινων Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.263S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., [[seek]], [[endeavour]], ὅς με θηρᾶται λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>545</span>; πεῖράν τιν' ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι θηρώμενον <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., to [[be hunted]], [[pursued]], πρὸς ἄτης θηραθεῖσαι <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>1072</span>; ὑπ' ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>732</span>; Ἀλκιβιάδης διὰ κάλλος ὑπὸ γυναικῶν θηρώμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.24</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">θηρεύω</b>.</span>