διώκω
Etym. δίω II
I. "to pursue" aperson, "to chase, hunt", Il., etc.:—so in Mid., διώκεσθαί τινα πεδίοιο "to chase" one over or across the plain, Hom.: — "to be a follower of" a person, "attach oneself" to him, Xen.
2. "to pursue" an object, "seek after", Od., etc.; δ. τὰ συμβάντα "to follow or wait for" the event, Dem.
II. "to drive or chase away, banish", Od., Hdt.
III. of the wind, "to drive" a ship, of rowers, "to impel, speed on her way", Od.; of a chariot, "to drive", Orac. ap. Hdt.; δ. πόδα "to urge on", Aesch.:—then, intr. "to drive, drive on", Il.: "to gallop, speed, run", Aesch.
IV. as law-term, "to prosecute, bring an action against" a man, ὁ διώκων "the prosecutor" (opp. to ὁ φεύγων the defendant), Hdt., etc.; ὁ διώκων τοῦ ψηφίσματος "he who impeaches the words" of the decree, Dem.; c. gen. poenae, θανάτου or περὶ θανάτου δ. τινά, Lat. capitis accusare, Xen.: but c. gen. criminis, "to accuse of, to prosecute for", δ. τινὰ τυραννίδος Hdt.; δειλίας Ar.; φόνου Plat.; but, φόνον τινὸς δ. "to avenge" another's murder, Eur.