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πολύθηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύθηρος πολύθηρον

Structure: πολυθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qh/r

Sense

  1. abounding in wild beasts

Examples

  • παραδείσοισί τε παντοίοισι τεθηλέναι, καὶ ποταμοῖσι καθαροῖσι διαρρέεσθαι καὶ λίμνῃσι, καὶ ὄρνισιν ὁκόσοισιν ἀμφὶ ποταμούσ τε καὶ λίμνασ ἐστὶ τὰ ἤθεα ἵπποισί τε ἀγαθὴν εἶναι, καὶ τοῖσιν ἄλλοισιν ὑποζυγίοισι νέμεσθαι, καὶ ὑλώδεά τε πολλαχῆ καὶ πολύθηρον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 40 5:1)
  • εἰσ δὲ τὴν ἐντὸσ θάλατταν πλέουσιν ἀπὸ Λυγγὸσ πόλισ ἐστὶ Ζῆλισ καὶ Τίγα, εἶτα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν μνήματα καὶ τὸ ὑπερκείμενον ὄροσ ὄνομα Ἀβίλη πολύθηρον καὶ μεγαλόδενδρον. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. abounding in wild beasts

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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