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θηροτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηροτρόφος θηροτρόφον

Structure: θηροτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. qhro/trofos

Sense

  1. feeding wild beasts

Examples

  • εἰσ Ἀκμονίαν αἰνόμορον βάκχη με κατέκτανε θηροτρόφον πρίν, οὐ κρίσει ἐν σταδίοισ, γυμνασίαισ δὲ κλυταῖσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3321)

Synonyms

  1. feeding wild beasts

Derived

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

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