Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

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

Examples

  • καὶ δοκεῖ Πομπήιοσ τόδε μάλιστα ἀφρόνωσ ἐργάσασθαι, τῶν μὲν νεῶν καταφρονήσασ, αἷσ δὴ πολὺ προύχων ἐδύνατο πανταχοῦ τὴν ἐπακτὸν ἀγορὰν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι, ἐν δὲ ἀγῶνι πεζῷ συνενεχθεὶσ ἀνδράσιν ἐκ πόνου πολλοῦ μεγαλαύχοισ τε καὶ θηριώδεσιν ἐσ μάχασ γενομένοισ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 10 9:9)
  • Συνέβη δ’ αὐτοῖσ καὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα ὁμοίωσ πρόθυμα μὲν ἐσ ἄμφω καὶ μετὰ εὐνοίασ γενέσθαι καὶ ἐσ μάχασ θηριώδεσιν ἐοικότα, δυσπειθῆ δὲ πολλάκισ ἑκατέρῳ καὶ πολυστασίαστα διὰ τοὺσ πόνουσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 21 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. full of wild beasts

  2. beast-like

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

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