ἀγρ-εύω,
future εύσω [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 85] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἤγρευσα[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1204:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, see below:—passive, aorist ἠγρεύθην [[“Anthologia Graeca” ] Refs], see below: (ἀγρεύς):—take by hunting or fishing, catch, ἰχθῦς[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.95, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 12.6; ἄγραν ἠγρευκότες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 434 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of war, φιλεῖ.. ἄνδρας.. ἀγρεύειν νέους[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 554:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also in middle, θύματ᾽ ἠγρεύσασθε ye caught or chose your victim, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1163] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί μοι ξίφος ἐκ χερὸς ἠγρεύσω; why didst thou snatch.. ? [[ [prev. author] “Andr.” 842] Refs]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.3.8, compare 3rd c.BC: Sphaerus Stoicus 1.142; ἀγρευθεὶς ἤγρευσε “Anthologia Graeca” 9.94 (6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus), 12.113 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, hunt after, thirst for, αἷμα[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 138] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὰν (i.e. Ἀρετᾶς) ἀ. δύναμιν[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 675.11; ὕπνον “Anthologia Graeca” 7.196 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), compare 12.125 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἀγρεύειν τινὰ λόγῳ to catch by his words, [[ NT.Mark.12.13.] NT]