ἀγρεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. εύσω Call.''Dian.''85: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἤγρευσα E.''Ba.''1204:—Med., v. infr.:—Pass., aor. ἠγρεύθην ''AP'', v. infr.: ([[ἀγρεύς]]):—[[take by hunting]] or [[take by fishing]], [[catch]], ἰχθῦς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.95, cf. X.''Cyn.''12.6; ἄγραν ἠγρευκότες E.''Ba.''434; of war, φιλεῖ.. ἄνδρας.. ἀγρεύειν νέους [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]'' 554:—also in Med., <b class="b3">θύματ' ἠγρεύσασθε</b> [[ye caught]] or [[chose your]] victim, E.''IT''1163; <b class="b3">τί μοι ξίφος ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω</b>;why didst thou snatch.. ? Id.''Andr.''842:—Pass., X.''An.''5.3.8, cf. Sphaer.Stoic.1.142; ἀγρευθεὶς ἤγρευσε ''AP''9.94 (Isid.), 12.113 (Mel.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[hunt after]], [[thirst for]], αἷμα E.''Ba.''138; [[σὰν]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[Ἀρετᾶς]]) ἀ. δύναμιν Arist.''Fr.''675.11; ὕπνον ''AP''7.196 (Mel.), cf. 12.125 (Mel.); but <b class="b3">ἀγρεύειν τινὰ λόγῳ</b> to [[catch]] by his words, ''Ev.Marc.''12.13.