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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

  • ζῷα ἐόντα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἐσ ἄλλην μορφὴν μεμιμέαται, τὰ μὲν ἐνάλια, τὰ δὲ ἀνθρώπων, τὰ δὲ θηρῶν, τὰ δὲ πτηνῶν, τὰ δὲ κτηνέων. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 6:3)
  • τί χρῆμα θηρῶν καὶ τίνοσ χρείαν ἔχων; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:2)
  • μηδ’ ἀτάφουσ, τέκνον, ἐν χθονὶ Κάδμου χάρματα θηρῶν παῖδασ ἐν ἁλικίᾳ τᾷ σᾷ κατίδῃσ, ἱκετεύω. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, hexameter6)
  • πᾷ πόδ’ ἐπᾴξασ σαρκῶν ὀστέων τ’ ἐμπλησθῶ, θοίναν ἀγρίων θηρῶν τιθέμενοσ, ἀρνύμενοσ λώβαν λύμασ ἀντίποιν’ ἐμᾶσ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:3)
  • πτηνῶν τε γένη κατακοιμάσθω, θηρῶν τ’ ἀγρίων πόδεσ ὑλοδρόμων μὴ λυέσθων. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, anapests7)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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