Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηρατικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηρατικός θηρατική θηρατικόν

Structure: θηρατικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = qhreutiko/s: metaph., ta\ q. tw=n fi/lwn

Sense

  1. the arts for winning

Examples

  • ἐγγὺσ γὰρ οἵδε προσιόντεσ πολλοὶ καὶ θηρατικοὶ πάντεσ, οὓσ οὔτε μεταθεῖναι ῥᾴδιον οὔτε λυπεῖν ἀναγκαῖον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 83)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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