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θήρ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θήρ θηρός

Structure: θηρ (Stem)

Sense

a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion
any animal
a fantastic animal, such as the Sphinx

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θήρ	θῆρε	θῆρες
Genitive	θηρός	θηροῖν	θηρῶν
Dative	θηρί	θηροῖν	θηρσίν*
Accusative	θῆρα	θῆρε	θῆρας
Vocative	θήρ	θῆρε	θῆρες

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)
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)
θῆρεσ γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσί σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 5:23)
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)
ἀπὸ τῶν τενόντων ταῖσ σιδηραῖσ χερσὶν ἐπισπασάμενοι μέχρι γε τῶν γενείων τὴν σάρκα πᾶσαν καὶ τὴν τῆσ κεφαλῆσ δορὰν οἱ παρδάλειοι θῆρεσ ἀπέσυραν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:28)
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)
Φέρε, περιστᾶσαι κύκλῳ πτόρθου λάβεσθε, μαινάδεσ, τὸν ἀμβάτην θῆρ’ ὡσ ἕλωμεν, μηδ’ ἀπαγγείλῃ θεοῦ χοροὺσ κρυφαίουσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:12)

Synonyms

any animal
- μόσχος (any young animal)
- νεοσσός (any young animal)
- οὐροπύγιον (The tail and/or rump of any animal.)
- δρόσος (any thing tender, the young of animals)

ὠμόφρων (savage-minded)
ποταίνιος (fresh)
ἔννυχος ()
κυναγός (a hound-leader)
δυσδαίμων (of ill fortune)
ἡβός ()
ἀτίετος (unhonoured)
ἀλιτρός (sinful)
δοκεύω (to keep an eye upon)
δαφοινός (blood-red)
πόμπιμος (conducting)
μεμελημένως (carefully)
ἀνοικτός (opened)
πανδαμάτωρ (the all-subduer)
ἐναίρω (to slay)
φιλόπαις (loving its young)
πάγκαρπος (of all kinds of fruit)
προστρόπαιος (turning oneself towards)
σαίνω (to wag the tail)
πρόπαρ (before)
πέσημα (a fall)
ἶνις (a son)
στενάζω (to sigh often)
θέλγω (to stroke or touch with magic power)
ἀρήγω (to help)
ἀρηγών (a helper)
φιλόχρυσος (fond of gold)
λεύσιμος (stoning)
ταχύπους (swift-footed)
ταχύπορος (quick of motion)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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