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μεταθέω

metatheo

run after

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μεταθέω, fut. -θεύσομαι, A. run after, X. Cyn. 6.22; pursue, τινα Jul. Or. 5.177b; [τινὰ] ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις by working on his desires, Clearch. 37: freq. metaph., ὥσπερ αἱ σκύλακες εὖ μεταθεῖς καὶ ἰχνεύεις τὰ λεχθέντα Pl. Prm. 128c; τὰ τῆς ἀληθεστάτης πολιτείας ἴχνη Id. Plt. 301e, cf. Sph. 226b; αἰτίαν Iamb. Protr. 4. II. hunt or range over, τὰ ὄρη X. Cyn. 4.9: abs., hunt about, range, ib.6.25,al. 2. run hither and thither, ἑκασταχόσε Plu. Pyrrh. 16, cf. App. Mith. 74, al.; ἀνιχνευούσας μεταθεῖν, of bees, Arist. HA 624a28.
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