διωγ-μός, ὁ,
the chase, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.21, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 pursuit, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.13, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 34.4, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 31.191. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II persecution, harassing, in plural, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 148, 1046, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 412 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in later Prose, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.483a: _sing._, NT.Matt.13.21, NT.Act.8.1. ] NT+1st c.AD+]