Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηρευτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηρευτικός θηρευτική θηρευτικόν

Structure: θηρευτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from qhreu/w

Sense

  1. of or for hunting, hounds, of hunters

Examples

  • ὁρῶ γάρ σου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ καὶ κύνασ θηρευτικοὺσ καὶ τῶν γενναίων ὀρνίθων μάλα συχνούσ· (Plato, Republic, book 5 227:3)

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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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