διώκω,
Epic dialect infinitive διωκέμεναι, -έμεν (see. below): future -ξω[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.21, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.13 (assuming variant), “An.” 1.4.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.16 codices; but διώξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 368 (and Elmsl. restored διώξει for -εις in “Eq.” 969, “Nu.” 1296, “Th.” 1224), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 168a: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]aorist ἐδίωξα: aorist 2 ἐδιώκαθον (see. διωκάθω): perfect δεδίωχα [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 16:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle (see. below):—passive, future διωχθήσομαι [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.95, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.13 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; but διώξομαι in passive sense, [[ LXX.Amos.2.16, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.20 ] LXX+1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐδιώχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.73, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.3, 6, (ἐπ-, κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.69, 3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δεδίωγμαι [[ NT.Matt.5.10: (compare ϝιώκω “GDI” 3153 (Corinthian vase)] NT]; see at {δίω}):—cause to run, set in quick motion, opposed to φεύγω:
__1 pursue, chase, in war or hunting, φεύγοντα διώκειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.199, etc.: _absolutely_, πεδίοιο διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι 5.223, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.11:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, διώκεσθαί τινα πεδίοιο, δόμοιο, chase one over or across.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.602, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.8. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__1.b with accusative person, of a lover, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica ] Refs 7th c.BC+] [same place]; follow, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13; τοὺς εὐγνώμονας [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.8.6; δ. καὶ φιλεῖν τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 168a, cf. NT.Luke.17.23. ] NT+5th c.BC+]