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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

  • μετὰ ταῦτ’ ὄφεισ καὶ θηρί’ ὄψει μυρία δεινότατα. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 5:31)
  • γίγνετο δ’ αἰεὶ θηρί’ ὅσ1’ ἤπειροσ αἰνὰ τρέφει, ὄφρα φύγοι νιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 10 2:4)
  • συντεμόντι δ’ οὐδὲ ἓν ἔσθ’ ἑταίρασ ὅσα περ ἔστιν θηρί’ ἐξωλέστερον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 6 7:1)
  • οὕτωσ ὁ παῖσ θανόντι θηρὶ φθέγμ’ ἐμηχανήσατο. (Sophocles, Ichneutae 26:2)
  • ἤτοι ὅγ’ εὐθὺσ ἀύσεν, ὅπωσ κακὰ θηρί’ ἀνέγνω κοίλου ὑπὲρ σάκεοσ καὶ ἀναιδέασ εἶδεν ὀδόντασ, Ἰφικλέησ, οὔλαν δὲ ποσὶν διελάκτισε χλαῖναν, φευγέμεν ὁρμαίνων· (Theocritus, Idylls, 11)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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