A.“ἐθήρα_σα” A.Pers.233, E.Ba.1215, X.Cyr.1.4.10: pf. τεθήρα_κα ib. 2.4.16; Thess. pf. part. “πεφειράκοντες” IG9(2).536:—Med., fut. θηράσομαι (which, acc. to Moer., is the true Att. fut.) E.Ba.228, IT1324: aor. “ἐθηρα_σάμην” S.Ph.1007, E.Hipp.919:—.,Pass., fut. “-α_θήσομαι” Gp. 12.9.2: aor. ἐθηράθην (v. infr. 111): (θήρ, θήρα):—hunt, chase, λαγώς, σφῆκας, X.An.l.c., HG4.2.12, etc.; “καί μ᾽ οὓς ἐθήρων πρόσθε θηράσουσι νῦν” S.Ph.958; of fishermen, catch, Arist.Fr.76: metaph., catch or capture, “καί σ᾽ εἷλε θηρῶνθ᾽ ἡ τύχη” S.OC1026, cf.Ph.1007, X.An.5.1.9: captivate, Id.Mem.2.6.28, 3.11.7; θ. πόλιν seek to destroy it, A.Pers. 233.
2. metaph., hunt after a thing, pursue it eagerly, “τυραννίδα” S.OT542; “θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα” Id.Ant.92; “μυρίαι κόραι θηρῶσι λέκτρον τοὐμόν” E.IA960; ἥμαρτον ἢ θηρῶ τι; have I missed or do I hit the quarry? A.Ag.1194; τί χρῆμα θηρῶν; E.Supp.115; reach, attain to, τι Pi.I.4(3).46 (s.v.l.).
II. Med. like Act., hunt for, fish for, “ἐγχέλεις” Ar.Eq.864: abs., οἱ θηρώμενοι hunters, X.Cyn.11.2.
2. more freq. metaph., seek after, “ἐμέτοισι θηρώμενοι τὴν ὑγιείην” Hdt.2.77; μαστοῖς ἔλεον θ. E.Or.568; “τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης δόξαν” D. 61.21, etc.; θ. πυρὸς πηγήν find, discover it, A.Pr.109; expect to derive, “τι παρά τινων” Phld.Rh.1.263S.
3. c. inf., seek, endeavour, “ὅς με θηρᾶται λαβεῖν” E.Hel.545; “πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι θηρώμενον” S. Aj.2.
III. Pass., to be hunted, pursued, “πρὸς ἄτης θηραθεῖσαι” A. Pr.1072; “ὑπ᾽ ἀνδρῶν” E.Ba.732; “Ἀλκιβιάδης διὰ κάλλος ὑπὸ γυναικῶν θηρώμενος” X.Mem.1.2.24.—Cf. θηρεύω.