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θηρατέος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: thērateos

Principal Part: θηρατέος θηρατέα 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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