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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

  • ἤτοι ἄρ’ ὡσ εἴδοντ’ ἐπιτίτθιον Ἡρακλῆα θῆρε δύω χείρεσσιν ἀπρὶξ ἁπαλαῖσιν ἔχοντα, συμπλήγδην ἰάχησαν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 34)
  • οἳ δ’ ὥσ τ’ ἠὲ βοῶν ἀγέλην ἢ πῶϋ μέγ’ οἰῶν θῆρε δύω κλονέωσι μελαίνησ νυκτὸσ ἀμολγῷ ἐλθόντ’ ἐξαπίνησ σημάντοροσ οὐ παρεόντοσ, ὣσ ἐφόβηθεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἀνάλκιδεσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 34:5)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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