θέω the syllables εο, εου remain uncontracted even in Attic the tenses other than present θέω and future θεύσομαι are supplied by τρέχω and *δρέμω to run, Hom., etc.; θέειν πεδίοιο to run over the plain, Il.: in part. with another Verb, ἦλθε θέων, ἦλθε θέουσα came running, Il.; θέων Αἴαντα κάλεσσον run and call him, Il. περὶ τρίποδος θεύσεσθαι to run for a tripod, Il.; περὶ ψυχῆς θέον Ἕκτορος they were running for Hectorʼs life, Il. of other kinds of motion, as, of birds, θεύσονται δρόμωι Ar. of ships, ἔθεε κατὰ κῦμα Il.; of a potterʼs wheel, Il.; of a quoit, ῥίμφα θέων ἀπὸ χειρός flying lightly, Od. of things which (as we say) run in a continuous line, though not actually in motion, φλὲψ ἀνὰ νῶτα θέουσα Il.; esp. of anything circular, which runs round into itself, ἄντυξ, ἣ πυμάτη θέεν ἀσπίδος Il. c. acc. loci, to run over, τὰ ὄρη Xen.