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θηρίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηρίον θηρίου

Structure: θηρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: in form a Dim. of qh/r, but in usage equiv. to it.

Sense

  1. wild animal, beast, savage beast, animal
  2. a poisonous animal

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ πύργοι ξύλινοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ὀχυροὶ σκεπαζόμενοι ἐφ̓ ἑκάστου θηρίου ἐζωσμένοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ μηχαναῖσ, καὶ ἐφ̓ ἑκάστου ἄνδρεσ δυνάμεωσ δύο καὶ τριάκοντα οἱ πολεμοῦντεσ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ὁ Ἰνδὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:37)
  • ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀλλοιωθήσεται, καὶ καρδία θηρίου δοθήσεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ἑπτὰ καιροὶ ἀλλαγήσονται ἐπ’ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 4:13)
  • καὶ ἐζήτουν ἀκριβῶσ περὶ τοῦ θηρίου τοῦ τετάρτου, ὅτι ἦν διαφέρον παρὰ πᾶν θηρίον, φοβερὸν περισσῶσ, οἱ ὀδόντεσ αὐτοῦ σιδηροῖ καὶ ὄνυχεσ αὐτοῦ χαλκοῖ. ἐσθίον καὶ λεπτῦνον καὶ τὰ ἐπίλοιπα τοῖσ ποσὶν αὐτοῦ συνεπάτει. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 7:19)
  • ἐν βραχεῖ δὲ πολλὰ ὁ τεχνίτησ ἐμιμήσατο, αἰδῶ παρθένου καὶ φόβον ‐ ἐπισκοπεῖ γὰρ μάχην ἄνωθεν ἐκ τῆσ πέτρασ ‐ καὶ νεανίου τόλμαν ἐρωτικὴν καὶ θηρίου ὄψιν ἀπρόσμαχον καὶ τὸ μὲν ἔπεισι πεφρικὸσ ταῖσ ἀκάνθαισ καὶ δεδιττόμενον τῷ χάσματι, ὁ Περσεὺσ δὲ τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν προδείκνυσι τὴν Γοργόνα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ καθικνεῖται τῷ ξίφει· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:2)
  • λοχῶντά τε γὰρ ἐπιτηρεῖ καὶ ἀντίον αὐτῷ ὁρᾷ ἐκκλίνουσα τὴν ὁρμήν, ὡσ μὴ ἁλίσκοιτο σαγηνευθεῖσα καὶ περιπεσοῦσα ταῖσ τοῦ θηρίου πλεκτάναισ, τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνδρίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτῆσ οὐχ ἡμᾶσ χρὴ λέγειν, ἀλλ’ ὃσ μεγαλοφωνότατοσ τῶν ποιητῶν Ὅμηροσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. wild animal

  2. a poisonous animal

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