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): -
I
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.
II
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.
G2340 — 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, [Luk 11:54].