τρέχω

τρέχω, Od.9.386, etc.: [tense] fut. θρέξομαι ([etym.] ἀπο-) Ar.Nu. 1005 (anap.), ([etym.] μετα-) Id.Pax 261, ([etym.] περῖ) Id.Ra.193; θρέξω only in Lyc.108; but

A

ἀπο-θρέξεις Pl.Com.232

: [tense] aor. 1 ἔθρεξα (v. infr.):—but the usual [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. come from the root δραμ-, viz.

δρᾰμοῦμαι E.Or.878

, X.An. 7.3.45, etc.; [dialect] 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.): [tense] aor. 2 ἔδρᾰμον (v. infr.): [tense] pf. δεδράμηκα [pron. full] [ᾰ] Philem. 38, Men.741, ([etym.] ἀνα-) Hdt.8.55, ([etym.] κατα-) X.HG4.7.6, ([etym.] περι-) Pl.Clit. 410a, ([etym.] συν-) D.17.9: [tense] plpf. ἐδεδραμήκεσαν ([etym.] κατ-) Th.8.92: poet. [tense] pf. δέδρομα ([etym.] ἀνα-, ἐπι-) Od.5.412, 20.357:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. δεδράμημαι ([etym.] ἐπι-) X.Oec.15.1.—The Verb is not common in Hom., who has [tense] pres. in Il.23.520, Od.9.386; in Il.18.599,602, [dialect] Ion. Iterat. θρέξασκον (ἔθρεξα was also old [dialect] Att., Epigr. ap. Plu.Arist.20, E.IA1569 (s. v. l., ἔβρεξε Weil), ([etym.] περι-) Ar.Th.657); but the common [tense] aor. was ἔδραμον, Il. 23.393, Od.23.207, al.—[dialect] Dor. [full] τράχω [pron. full] [ᾰ] Pi.P.8.32, Hsch., EM356.10: [tense] 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 δ' 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 [dialect] Att. Prose θέω seems to be more freq. in the [tense] pres., and in some phrases used exclusively, e.g. θεῖν δρόμῳ, v. θέω (A) 11.1 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, IG22.1028.14: freq. metaph., ἀγῶνα δρ. run a risk, E.Alc.489, cf. IA1455;

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 1.2

, 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. 111.5,

τριάζω 1

.

4 commit,

μηδ' ἑτέρας δραμεῖν ἀταξίας ἢ ἀσελγίας PLond.5.1711.34

(vi A. D.).