ἐρευνάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also ἐρευν-ίω <span class="title">GDI</span>5075.35 (Crete), and ἐραυνάω (q.v.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[seek]] or [[search for]], [[search after]], [[track]], ἴχνι' ἐρευνῶντες κύνες ἤϊσαν <span class="bibl">Od.19.436</span> ; μετ' ἀνέρος ἴχνι' ἐρευνῶν <span class="bibl">Il.18.321</span> ; τεύχε' ἐ. <span class="bibl">Od.22.180</span> ; τὴν σοφὴν εὐβουλίαν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>1038</span> ; θεῶν βουλεύματ' <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>61</span> ; νεκρούς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1318</span> ; κακούργους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.12</span> ; ἄν τινα οἴωμαι σοφὸν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23b</span>. cf. <span class="bibl">41b</span> ; τὸ γραμματεῖον <span class="bibl">D.25.61</span> ; <b class="b3">ὧν..ἂν θεὸς χρείαν ἐρευνᾷ</b> the things whereof he [[seeks after]] the use, i.e. whatever things he finds serviceable, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>725</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[search]], [[explore]] a place, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">δ'</b>, Sor.<span class="title">Vit.Hippocr.</span>3 ; [[τεναγέων]] ῥοάς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.24</span> ; ὄρος <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.221</span> ; τοὺς ὑπόπτους τῶν τόπων <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">Tact.</span>17</span> : abs., <b class="b3">εὑρήσεις ἐρευνῶν</b> thou wilt find [[by searching]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>268</span> ; εἰσβάντες εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἠρεύνων <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[inquire after]], φάτιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>662</span> (lyr.); παίδων ἐρευνῶν σπέρμ' ὅπως γένοιτό μοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>669</span> ; [[examine into]] a question, ib.<span class="bibl">1084</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>200e</span>, al.:—also in Med., <b class="b3">διάνοια πᾶσαν φύσιν -ωμένη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">174a</span> ; οἰκημάτιον <span class="bibl">X.Eph.2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[seek]] to do, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.45</span>.</span>