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θηρ-ᾱτός

theratos

to be caught

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What it meant — LSJ

to be caught, attainable

to be caught: metaph., attainable, τὴν ἕξιν ᾗ τὰ καλὰ θ. γίγνεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Plb. 10.47.11; οὐδʼ ὅλως ἐπιστήμῃ θ. ὁ καιρός, ἀλλὰ δόξῃ D.H. Comp. 12; κριτήριον οὐδὲ στοχασμῷ θ. Phld. Rh. 1.167S.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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