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