θηρεύω
ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess
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aor. 1
A ἐθήρευσα Pl. Euthd.290c: pf. τεθήρευκα Id.Tht.200a:—Med., fut. -σομαι Id.Sph. 222a: aor. ἐθηρευσάμην Ar.Fr.51, Pl.Tht.197d:—Pass., pf. τεθήρευμαι Lysipp.Com.7: aor. ἐθηρεύθην Hdt.3.102, A.Ch.493, Pl.Sph. 221a: (cf. θηράω):—hunt, θηρεύοντα while hunting, Od.19.465, cf. Hdt.4.112; θηρεύειν διὰ κενῆς, of the motions of the hands of dying persons, Hp.Prog.4. 2 decoy, Arist.HA614a13. II c. acc., hunt after, chase, catch, ἀττελέβους Hdt.4.172; θηρία, ὄρνιθας ἀγρίας, μῦν, X.An.1.2.7, Pl.Tht.197c, PCair.Zen.300.7 (iii B.C.); ὶχθῦς Arist. HA603a7; [ἐλέφαντας] OGI54.11 (Adule, iii B.C.); of men, Hdt. 4.183; θ. ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ θοίνην ἤ θυσίαν Arist.Pol.1324b39, cf. X.An. 1.2.13; Τιτυὸν βέλος θήρευσε it hit, struck him, Pi.P.4.90:—Med., Ar.Fr.51, Pl.Grg.464d, Euthd.290b:—Pass., to be hunted, Hdt.3.102; to be preyed upon, ib.108; to be caught, πέδαις A.Ch.493: metaph., to be captivated, Lysipp.Com.7. 2 metaph., hunt, seek after, κερδέων μέτρον Pi.N.11.47; γάμους A.Pr.858; ἀρετάν E.IA568 (lyr.); θ. νέους πλουσίους ὀρφανούς Aeschin.1.170; ἡδονάς, ἐπιστήμην, Isoc.1.16, Pl.Tht.200a, al.; [εὐδαιμονίαν] Arist.Pol.1328b1; ὀνόματα, ῥήματα, Pl.Grg.489b, And.1.9, cf. Antipho 6.18; τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν συλλογισμῶν Arist.APr.46a11; θ. τὸν πλησίον, of an orator, Phld.Rh. 2.5 S., al.—Trag. preferred θηράω, exc. where metre demanded θηρεύω.
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[Seite 1209] fut. θηρεύσομαι, nach den Atticisten, wie Plat. Euthyd. 290 c, doch Theaet. 166 c θηρεύσω; = θηράω; Od. 19, 465; Pind. P. 4, 90 u. öfter; Aesch. Ch. 486; in attischer Prosa die gew. Form, die Plat. allein hat; übertr., κερδέων μέτρον Pind. N. 11, 47; ἀρετάν Eur. l. A. 568; γάμους Hel. 321, wie Aesch. Prom. 160; ἡδονάς Isocr. 1, 16; ἐπιστήμην Plat. Theaet. 200 a; ῥήματα, ὀνόματα, Andoc. 1, 8 Plat. Gorg. 489 b; τὴν φιλίαν Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 2. – Med. in ders. Bdtg, Plat. Gorg. 464 d; Arist. H. A. 9, 40.