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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

  • λαβὼν δὲ τὰσ βασιλικὰσ ἐντολὰσ παρεγένετο, τῆσ μὲν ἀρχιερωσύνησ οὐδὲν ἄξιον φέρων, θυμοὺσ δὲ ὠμοῦ τυράννου καὶ θηρὸσ βαρβάρου ὀργὰσ ἔχων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:25)
  • λύκειον ἀμφὶ νῶτ’ ἐνάψομαι δορὰν καὶ χάσμα θηρὸσ ἀμφ’ ἐμῷ θήσω κάρᾳ, βάσιν τε χερσὶ προσθίαν καθαρμόσασ καὶ κῶλα κώλοισ, τετράπουν μιμήσομαι λύκου κέλευθον πολεμίοισ δυσεύρετον, τάφροισ πελάζων καὶ νεῶν προβλήμασιν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:7)
  • τίν’ ἄνδρ’ Ἀχαιῶν ὁ πεδοστιβὴσ σφαγεὺσ οὐτάσει ἐν κλισίαισ, τετράπουν μῖμον ἔχων ἐπιγαίου θηρόσ; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • τετράποδοσ βάσιν θηρὸσ ὀρεστέρου τιθέμενοσ ἐπίχειρα κατ’ ἴχνοσ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric2)
  • , ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀρχομένων δεδιέναι μὴ λάθωσι βλαβέντεσ, ὡσ δὲ κύνεσ περὶ μῆλα δυσωρήσονται ἐν αὐλῇ, θηρὸσ ἀκούσαντεσ κρατερόφρονοσ,’ οὐχ ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τῶν φυλαττομένων. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 4 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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