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θηριώδης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηριώδης θηριώδες

Structure: θηριωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. full of wild beasts, infested by them
  2. beast-like, wild, savage, brutal, the animal nature

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative θηριώδης θηρίωδες
Genitive θηριώδους θηριώδους
Dative θηριώδει θηριώδει
Accusative θηριώδη θηρίωδες
Vocative θηριῶδες θηρίωδες
DualN/A/V θηριώδει θηριώδει
G/D θηριώδοιν θηριώδοιν
PluralNominative θηριώδεις θηριώδη
Genitive θηριώδων θηριώδων
Dative θηριώδεσιν* θηριώδεσιν*
Accusative θηριώδεις θηριώδη
Vocative θηριώδεις θηριώδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θηριώδης θηριώδους θηριωδέστερος θηριωδεστέρου θηριωδέστατος θηριωδεστάτου
Adverb θηριωδέως θηριωδέστερον θηριωδέστατα

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

  • θηριῶδεσ γὰρ καὶ δεινῶσ σκαιὸν καὶ προσέτι γε ἀλυσιτελὲσ ἀποσφάττειν τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ καὶ οἷσ ἄν τισ ἄμεινον χρήσαιτο κατὰ τῶν δυσμενῶν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 37:6)
  • ἔστιν γὰρ καὶ ταύτῃ κυνῶν γένοσ ἰχνεῦσαι μὲν οὐ μεῖον σοφὸν ἢ τὸ Καρικὸν καὶ Κρητικὸν, τὴν δὲ ἰδέαν ἀνιαρὸν καὶ θηριῶδεσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 1:2)
  • ἢ ἀσύνετον καὶ θηριῶδεσ ἔδει καὶ ἄγριον ἀπεργάσασθαι τὸ ζῷον; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 17:4)
  • Ζεύξιδοσ ἐκεῖνο μάλιστα ἐπῄνεσα, ὅτι ἐν μιᾷ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ὑποθέσει ποικίλωσ τὸ περιττὸν ἐπεδείξατο τῆσ τέχνησ, τὸν μὲν ἄνδρα ποιήσασ πάντη φοβερὸν καὶ κομιδῇ ἄγριον, σοβαρὸν τῇ χαίτῃ, λάσιον τὰ πολλὰ οὐ κατὰ τὸν ἵππον αὐτοῦ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ καθ̓ ἕτερον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ἐξάρασ αὐτῷ τοὺσ ὤμουσ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, τὸ βλέμμα, καίτοι γελῶντοσ, θηριῶδεσ ὅλον καὶ ὄρειόν τι καὶ ἀνήμερον. (Lucian, Zeuxis 10:1)
  • καίτοι τὸ θηριῶδεσ ἄφθογγόν τ’ ἔφυ ξυνέσει τ’ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 2:20)

Synonyms

  1. full of wild beasts

  2. beast-like

Similar forms

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

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