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Strong's #2340 - θηρεύω
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- to go a hunting, to hunt, to catch in hunting
- metaph. to lay wait for, strive to ensnare, catch artfully
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θηρευìω θηρ-εύω, aor. 1 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): —
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1. 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. HA 614a13.
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1. 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. HA 603a7; [ ἐλέφαντας ] OGI 54.11 (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. IA 568 (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.
θηρεύω: 1 aorist infinitive θηρεῦσαί; (from θήρα, as ἀγρεύω from ἄγρα (cf. Schmidt, chapter 72, 3)); from Homer down; to go a hunting, to hunt, to catch in hunting; metaphorically, to lay wait for, strive to ensnare; to catch artfully: τί ἐκ στόματος τίνος, Luke 11:54.
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θηρεύω
(< θήρα ),
[in LXX for H6679, etc.;]
to hunt, ensnare, catch: metaph., Luke 11:54.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
θηρεύω is found in its literal sense in PSI IV. 434.17 (B.C. 261–0) ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὸμ μῦν ἑτοιμάζοντα θηρεύειν (cf. μυοθηρεύω and –τής in P Oxy II. 299 cited s.v. ἀρραβών), P Ryl II. 98 (a) (A.D. 154–5) βούλομαι ἐπιχωρηθῆναι παρ᾽ ὑμῶν θηρεύειν καὶ ἀγριεύειν ἐν τῷ προκ (ειμένῳ) δρυμῷ πᾶν ὄρν ̣[εο ]ν ̣ ἐπὶ γῆς, ";I desire to be granted a permit by you for hunting and catching in the aforesaid mere every bird therein"; (Edd.) : cf. OGIS 54.11 (c. B.C. 247) οὓς (ἐλέφαντας) ὅ τε πατὴρ αὐτοῦ (Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Εὐεργέτου) καὶ αὐτὸς πρῶτο (ι) ἐκ τῶν χωρῶν τούτων ἐθήρευσαν.
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