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θήρ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θήρ θηρός

Structure: θηρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion
  2. any animal
  3. a fantastic animal, such as the Sphinx

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔχει γὰρ καταφυγὴν θὴρ μὲν πέτραν, δοῦλοσ δὲ βωμοὺσ θεῶν, πόλισ δὲ πρὸσ πόλιν ἔπτηξε χειμασθεῖσα· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:17)
  • ἐκ δὲ πηδήσασ ἐγὼ θὴρ ὣσ διώκω τὰσ μιαιφόνουσ κύνασ, ἅπαντ’ ἐρευνῶν τοῖχον ὡσ κυνηγέτησ βάλλων ἀράσσων. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 3:13)
  • ὁ θὴρ δ’ ὅδ’ ἡμῖν πρᾶοσ οὐδ’ ὑπέσπασεν φυγῇ πόδ’, ἀλλ’ ἔδωκεν οὐκ ἄκων χέρασ οὐδ’ ὠχρόσ, οὐδ’ ἤλλαξεν οἰνωπὸν γένυν, γελῶν δὲ καὶ δεῖν κἀπάγειν ἐφίετο ἔμενέ τε, τοὐμὸν εὐτρεπὲσ ποιούμενοσ. (Euripides, episode2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἦ ποτ’ ἦσθα θήρ; (Euripides, episode5)
  • πρέπει γ’ ὥστε θὴρ ἄγραυλοσ φόβῃ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 15)
  • Φέρε, περιστᾶσαι κύκλῳ πτόρθου λάβεσθε, μαινάδεσ, τὸν ἀμβάτην θῆρ’ ὡσ ἕλωμεν, μηδ’ ἀπαγγείλῃ θεοῦ χοροὺσ κρυφαίουσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:12)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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