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