θηριακή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
θηριακή
θηριακῆς
Structure:
θηριακ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- an antidote against a poisonous bite
Declension
First 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.
- τὰ δ’ Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ ἔπη καὶ Παρμενίδου καὶ Θηριακὰ Νικάνδρου καὶ Γνωμολογίαι Θεόγνιδοσ λόγοι εἰσὶ κιχράμενοι παρὰ ποιητικῆσ ὥσπερ ὄχημα τὸ μέτρον καὶ τὸν ὄγχον, ἵνα τὸ πεζὸν διαφύγωσιν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section52)
- "εἰ δ’ ὅλωσ τὸ μικτὸν ἀθετεῖσ καὶ ποικίλον, ὦ Φιλῖνε, μὴ δειπνίζοντα μηδ’ ὀψοποιοῦντα μόνον λοιδόρει Φίλωνα τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον, ὅταν μιγνύῃ τὰσ βασιλικὰσ καὶ ἀλεξιφαρμάκουσ ἐκείνασ δυνάμεισ, ἃσ θεῶν χεῖρασ ὠνόμαζεν Ἐρασίστρατοσ, διέλεγχε τὴν ἀτοπίαν καὶ περιεργίαν, ὁμοῦ μεταλλικὰ καὶ βοτανικὰ καὶ θηριακὰ καὶ τἀπὸ γῆσ καὶ θαλάττησ εἰσ ταὐτὸ συγκεραννύντοσ καλὸν γὰρ ταῦτ’ ἐάσαντασ ἐν πτισάνῃ καὶ σικύᾳ καὶ ἐν ὑδρελαίῳ τὴν ἰατρικὴν ἀπολιπεῖν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 12:24)
- διττὴ δ’ ἐστίν, ἡ μὲν σπιθαμιαία ἥπερ καὶ ὀξυθανατωτέρα, ἡ δ’ ἐγγὺσ ὀργυιᾶσ, ὡσ καὶ Νίκανδροσ ὁ τὰ θηριακὰ γράψασ εἴρηκε· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 2 7:10)
Synonyms
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an antidote against a poisonous bite
