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θηρατέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηρατέος θηρατέᾱ θηρατέον

Structure: θηρατε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형

Sense

  1. to be hunted after, sought eagerly
  2. one must hunt after

Examples

  • κγ Πῶσ θηρατέον ἐλάφουσ ἢ ἄλλο τι μέγιστον. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr25)
  • ἔφη, ὃν ἂν ἡμῖν τε δοκῇ καὶ οἱ θεοὶ μὴ ἐναντιῶνται, ἔχεισ εἰπεῖν ὅπωσ οὗτοσ θηρατέοσ; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 6 9:5)
  • οὓσ δὲ δὴ τῶν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον ἔργων ποιήσασθαί τισ βούλοιτο συνεργοὺσ προθύμουσ, τούτουσ παντάπασιν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ ἀγαθοῖσ θηρατέον εἶναι καὶ λόγοισ καὶ ἔργοισ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. one must hunt after

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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