θήρα,
Ionic dialect θήρη, ἡ,
hunting of wild beasts, the chase, βάν ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ, ={ὀρνιθευτική}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ.
fishing, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
b) in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically,
eager pursuit of anything, θήραν. ἔχομεν τόξων, ={θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
prey, game, αἶψα δ᾽ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θήραν καλήν, of a prisoner, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα watching its
prey, of a spider, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III)
hunting-ground, preserve, Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV) in Roman times,
the games of the Circus, [
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