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τρέχω, τρέχω, run

τρέχω, Od. 9.386, etc.: fut. θρέξομαι (ἀπο-) Ar. Nu. 1005 (anap.), (μετα-) Id. Pax 261, (περι-) Id. Ra. 193; θρέξω only in Lyc. 108; but ἀπο-θρέξεις Pl.Com. 232: aor. 1 ἔθρεξα (v. infr.):—but the usual fut. and aor. come from the root δραμ-, viz. δρᾰμοῦμαι E. Or. 878, X. An. 7.3.45, etc.; Ion. δραμέομαι Hdt. 8.102; late δραμῶ LXX Ca. 1.4; but ὑπερ-δραμῶ Philetaer. 3 (dub. l.); δράμομαι in compd. ἀναδράμεται AP 9.575 (Phil.): aor. 2 ἔδρᾰμον (v. infr.): pf. δεδράμηκα [ᾰ] Philem. 38, Men. 741, (ἀνα-) Hdt. 8.55, (κατα-) X. HG 4.7.6, (περι-) Pl. Clit. 410a, (συν-) D. 17.9: plpf. ἐδεδραμήκεσαν (κατ-) Th. 8.92: poet. pf. δέδρομα (ἀνα-, ἐπι-) Od. 5.412, 20.357:—Pass., pf. δεδράμημαι (ἐπι-) X. Oec. 15.1.—The Verb is not common in Hom., who has pres. in Il. 23.520, Od. 9.386; in Il. 18.599, 602, Ion. Iterat. θρέξασκον (ἔθρεξα was also old Att., Epigr. ap. Plu. Arist. 20, E. IA 1569 (s. v. l., ἔβρεξε Weil), (περι-) Ar. Th. 657); but the common aor. was ἔδραμον, Il. 23.393, Od. 23.207, al.—Dor. τράχω [ᾰ] Pi. P. 8.32, Hsch., EM 356.10: fut. θραξοῦμαι Hsch.:—
  • run, of men, ἰθὺς δράμε Od. 23.207, etc.; θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι Il. 18.599; τρέχει Ὅρκος ἅμα . . δίκῃσιν Hes. Op. 219; ᾤχεο τρέχων Epich. 37, 110 (τράχων cf. Ahrens); βαδίζειν καὶ τ. Pl. Grg. 468a; τρέχων, opp. βάδην, X. Cyr. 2.2.30; τ. χερσίν, οὐ ποδωκείᾳ σκελῶν A. Eu. 37: of horses, Il. 23.393, 520: the part. is freq. added to another Verb, τί οὐ τρέχων σὺ τὰς τραπέζας ἐκφέρεις; why do you not run and carry out . . ? Pl.Com. 69.2, cf. Pl. R. 327b; v. infr. 2.
      • 2 of things, move quickly, τὸ δὲ [τρύπανον] τ. ἐμμενὲς αἰεί Od. 9.386, cf. Il. 14.413; ναῦς παρὰ γῆν ἔδραμεν Thgn. 856; πόλιν . . ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν S. Aj. 1083; τὸ δʼ ἐν ποσὶ τράχον ἴτω let what is now before me go trippingly, Pi. P. 8.32; ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἔδραμε . . σταγών A. Ag. 1121 (lyr.); ἔρις δραμοῦσα τοῦ προσωτάτω having run its course, S. Aj. 731; πυρετὸς . . ἥκει τρέχων has come quickly, Nicopho 12.
      • 3 οἱ τρέχοντες a constellation rising with Libra, Antiochus ap. Teucrum in Boll Sphaera 58.
    • II c. acc. loci, run over, ῥόθια πεδία E. Hel. 1117 (lyr.); ὁ ἵππος τ. καὶ πρανῆ καὶ ὄρεια X. Eq. 8.1:—in Att. Prose θέω seems to be more freq. in the pres., and in some phrases used exclusively, e.g. θεῖν δρόμῳ, v. θέω (A) II.1 and cf. Th. 3.111, X. An. 1.8.18.
      • 2 c. acc. cogn., δραμεῖν ἀγῶνα, βῆμα, δίαυλον, δρόμον, run a course, a heat, E. El. 883, 954, Alex. 235, Men. 741, etc.; λαμπάδας, i. e. torch-races, IG 2(2).1028.14: freq. metaph., ἀγῶνα δρ. run a risk, E. Alc. 489, cf. IA 1455; ἀγῶνα θανάσιμον δραμούμενον Id. Or. 878; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας δραμέονται περὶ σφέων αὐτῶν run for their life or safety, Hdt. 8.102; κινδύνων τὸν μέγιστον τ. D.H. 4.47; τὸν ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα, κίνδυνον ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς τ., Id. 7.48, 4.4; ἐσχάτην τρέχοντες ταύτην Plb. 1.87.3: sts. the acc. is omitted, περὶ ἑωυτοῦ τρέχων running for his life, Hdt. 7.57; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς Id. 9.37; φόνου πέρι E. El. 1264; περὶ νίκης f.l. in X. An. 1.5.8 (ἐπὶ νίκῃ Rehdantz); cf. θέω (A) 1.2, δρόμος I.2, κρέας fin.
      • 3 παρὰ ἓν πάλαισμα ἔδραμε νικᾶν he was within one fall or bout of carrying off the victory, Hdt. 9.33; cf. παρά C.III.5, τριάζω I.
      • 4 commit, μηδʼ ἑτέρας δραμεῖν ἀταξίας ἢ ἀσελγίας PLond. 5.1711.34 (vi A. D.).

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