ἀγρεύω
Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück
English (LSJ)
fut. εύσω Call.Dian.85: aor.
A ἤγρευσα E.Ba.1204:— Med., v. infr.:—Pass., aor. ἠγρεύθην AP, v. infr.: (ἀγρεύς):—take by hunting or fishing, catch, ἰχθῦς Hdt.2.95, cf. X.Cyn.12.6; ἄγραν ἠγρευκότες E.Ba.434; of war, φιλεῖ . . ἄνδρας . . ἀγρεύειν νέους S.Fr. 554:—also in Med., θύματ' ἠγρεύσασθε ye caught or chose your victim, E.IT1163; τί μοι ξίφος ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω; why didst thou snatch . . ? Id.Andr.842:—Pass., X.An.5.3.8, cf. Sphaer.Stoic.1.142; ἀγρευθεὶς ἤγρευσε AP9.94 (Isid.), 12.113 (Mel.). 2 metaph., hunt after, thirst for, αἷμα E.Ba.138; σὰν (sc. Ἀρετᾶς) ἀ. δύναμιν Arist.Fr.675.11; ὕπνον AP7.196 (Mel.), cf. 12.125 (Mel.); but ἀγρεύειν τινὰ λόγῳ to catch by his words, Ev.Marc.12.13.
