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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

  • ὁμοῦ δὲ πάντεσ εὐλόγησαν τὸν ἐλεήμονα Θεὸν καὶ ἐπερρώσθησαν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ, οὐ μόνον ἀνθρώπουσ ἀλλὰ καὶ θῆρασ τοὺσ ἀγριωτάτουσ καὶ σιδηρᾶ τείχη τιτρώσκειν ὄντεσ ἕτοιμοι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:9)
  • ἢ νεοκτίστουσ θυμοῦ πλήρεισ θῆρασ ἀγνώστουσ ἤτοι πυρπνόον φυσῶντασ ἆσθμα ἢ βρόμουσ λικμωμένουσ καπνοῦ ἢ δεινοὺσ ἀπ̓ ὀμμάτων σπινθῆρασ ἀστράπτοντασ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:18)
  • ἄμεινον δὲ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν τὸν χρησμὸν Ἐσ δίνασ Ἴστροιο διιπετέοσ ποταμοῖο ἐσβαλέειν κέλομαι δοιοὺσ Κυβέλησ θεράποντασ, θῆρασ ὀριτρεφέασ, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει Ἰνδικὸσ ἀήρ ἄνθεα καὶ βοτάνασ εὐώδεασ αὐτίκα δ’ ἔσται νίκη καὶ μέγα κῦδοσ ἅμ’ εἰρήνῃ ἐρατεινῇ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 48:4)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἀμύνων θῆρασ ἐξεγείρομαι πώλοισιν· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:4)
  • τάχα δ’ ἐν ταῖσ πολυδένδρεσ‐ σιν Ὀλύμπου θαλάμαισ, ἔν‐ θα ποτ’ Ὀρφεὺσ κιθαρίζων σύναγεν δένδρεα μούσαισ, σύναγεν θῆρασ ἀγρώτασ. (Euripides, choral, epode2)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ πατρί. ἐγὼ Ἡσαῦ ὁ πρωτότοκόσ σου. πεποίηκα καθὰ ἐλάλησάσ μοι. ἀναστὰσ κάθισον καὶ φάγε ἀπὸ τῆσ θήρασ μου, ὅπωσ εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:19)
  • καὶ εἶπε. προσάγαγέ μοι, καὶ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῆσ θήρασ σου, τέκνον, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου. καὶ προσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔφαγε. καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ οἶνον, καὶ ἔπιε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:25)
  • Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἰσαὰκ εὐλογοῦντα Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένετο, ὡσ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰακὼβ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῆσ θήρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:30)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐδέσματα καὶ προσήνεγκε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπε τῷ πατρί. ἀναστήτω ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ φαγέτω ἀπὸ τῆσ θήρασ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅπωσ εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:31)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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