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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

  • εἴ σοι γονεῖσ παρῆσαν ἢ παίδων γοναί, τήνδε θηρσὶν ἀγρίοισ ἐσκεύασα ἂν δαψιλῆ θοῖναν ἀντὶ τῶν ἀνεγκλήτων ἐμοὶ καὶ προγόνοισ ἐμοῖσ ἀποδεδειγμένων ὁλοσχερῆ βεβαίαν πίστιν ἐξόχωσ Ἰουδαίων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:31)
  • ‐ φθιμένων νεκύων οἳ καταλείπουσι μέλη θανάτῳ λυσιμελεῖ θηρσὶν ὀρείοισι βοράν· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 13)
  • ἦ τοῖσδ’ ἔδωκασ θηρσὶν ὣσ κόρασ σέθεν; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:37)
  • ὡσ δὲ τῷ σάφ’ εἰδέναι τάδε προσθῶμεν, αὐτὸν τὸν θανόντα σοι φέρω, ὃν εἴτε χρῄζεισ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν πρόθεσ, ἢ σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν, αἰθέροσ τέκνοισ, πήξασ’ ἔρεισον σκόλοπι· (Euripides, episode8)
  • ποῦ θεῖναι πόλεωσ θηρσὶν φίλον τύμβευμ’; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 3:7)

Synonyms

  1. any animal

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