pursuit

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. δίωξις, ἡ, V. δίωγμα, τό (also plat. but rare P.), διωγμός, ὁ, μεταδρομή, ἡ (also Xen.).

hunt: P. and V. θήρα, ἡ (Plato), ἄγρα, ἡ (Plato); see hunt.

they harassed me ever with unresting pursuit: V. δρόμοις ἀϊδρύτοισιν ἠλάστρουν μ' ἀεί (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 97I).

eager pursuit, met.: P. and V. θήρα, ἡ.

practice: P. ἄσκησις, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευσις, ἡ.

the pursuit of virtue: P. ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια, ἡ (Plato).

study, occupation: P. ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, μελέτημα, τό, Ar. and P. διατριβή, ἡ.

in pursuit of: P. and V. ἐπί (acc.).