μεταθέω
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
fut. -θεύσομαι,
A run after, X.Cyn.6.22; pursue, τινα Jul. Or.5.177b; [τινὰ] ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις by working on his desires, Clearch. 37: freq. metaph., ὥσπερ αἱ σκύλακες εὖ μεταθεῖς καὶ ἰχνεύεις τὰ λεχθέντα Pl.Prm.128c; τὰ τῆς ἀληθεστάτης πολιτείας ἴχνη Id.Plt.301e, cf. Sph.226b; αἰτίαν Iamb.Protr.4. II hunt or range over, τὰ ὄρη X.Cyn.4.9: abs., hunt about, range, ib.6.25,al. 2 run hither and thither, ἑκασταχόσε Plu.Pyrrh.16, cf. App.Mith.74, al.; ἀνιχνευούσας μεταθεῖν, of bees, Arist.HA624a28.
