I.to hunt or chase wild beasts, Soph., Xen.:—of men, to catch, capture, Xen.: metaph. to captivate, id=Xen.:— θ. πόλιν to seek to destroy it, Aesch.
2.metaph., like Lat. venari, to hunt after a thing, pursue it eagerly, Trag.:—c. inf. to seek or endeavour to do, Eur.; and in Mid., Soph., Eur.
2.metaph. to cast about for, seek after, Hdt., Eur., etc.
III.Pass. to be hunted, pursued, Aesch., etc.