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<b class="b2">Booty</b>: P. and V. [[λεία]], ἡ, [[ἁρπαγή]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Quarry</b>: P. and V. [[ἄγρα]], ἡ, (Plat. but rare P.), [[ἄγρευμα]], τό (Xen.), [[θήρα]], ἡ (Xen.), V. [[θήραμα]], τό.

<b class="b2">A prey for</b> (<b class="b2">generally of persons</b>): V. [[σκῦλον]], τό (dat.), [[ἕλωρ]], τό (dat.), [[ἁρπαγή]], ἡ (gen. or dat.), [[ἕλκημα]], τό (gen.), [[διαφθορά]], ἡ (dat.).

<b class="b2">Victim to be devoured</b>: Ar. and V. [[φορβή]], ἡ (dat.), V. [[θοίνη]], ἡ (dat.), [[θοινατήριον]], τό (dat.); see under [[food]].

<b class="b2">Be a prey to, be haunted by</b>, met.: P. and V. συνεῖναι (dat.). συνέχεσθαι (dat.), ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.).

<b class="b2">Be troubled by</b>: P. and V. νοσεῖν (dat.).

<b class="b2">A prey to</b>: use adj., P. and V. [[σύνοικος]] (dat.) (Plat.).

<b class="b2">They were ruined by falling a prey to personal quarrels</b>: P. ἐν σφίσι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας διαφορὰς περιπεσόντες ἐσφάλησαν (Thuc. 2, 65).

<b class="b2">They thought that the Athenians being engaged in double war both against them and the Sicilian Greeks would fall an easier prey</b>: P. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνόμιζον διπλοῦν τὸν πόλεμον ἔχοντας [[πρός]] τε [[σφᾶς]] καὶ Σικελιώτας εὐκαθαιρετωτέρους ἔσεσθαι (Thuc. 7, 18).