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substantive

P. and V. θήρα, ἡ (Plato), ἄγρα, ἡ (Plato), V. κυνηγία, ἡ.

pursuit: P. δίωξις, ἡ, V. δίωγμα, τό (also Plato but rare P.), διωγμός, ὁ, μεταδρομή, ἡ (also

Xenophon).

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

search: P. and V. ζήτησις, ἡ.

verb transitive

P. and V. θηρεύειν, θηρᾶν (or mid.) (Xen. also Ar.), ἀγρεύειν (Xen.), κυνηγετεῖν (Xen. also Ar.), V. ἐκκυνηγετεῖν.

pursue: P. and V. διώκειν, P. καταδιώκειν, ἐπιδιώκειν.

drive in pursuit: P. and V. ἐλαύνειν, V. ἐλαστρεῖν.

seek eagerly: P. and V. θηρεύειν, V. θηρᾶν (or mid.).

hunt for, seek: P. and V. ζητεῖν, ἐρευνᾶν.

hunt up: P. and V. ἐρευνᾶν; see search, examine.