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θήρειος
θήρευμα
θήρευσις
θηρευτής
θηρευτικός
θηρευτός
θηρεύω
θηρητήρ
θηρήτωρ
Θηρίκλειος
θηρίον
θηριόομαι
θηριότης
θηριώδης
θηροβολέω
θηροκτόνος
θηρομιγής
θηροσκόπος
θηροτρόφος
θηροφόνος
θής
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θηρίον
θηρίονουndimin.θήρ animalusu. wild opp. domestic, incl. birds, fish, reptiles, insectsanimal, beast, creatureOd. Archil. Hdt. Ar. Att.orats. Pl.opp. birdshHom. Hdt.ref. to a satyrS.Ichn.ref. to an elephant, used in battlePlb. Plu.ref. to fire, in Egyptian beliefHdt. domestic animalopp. wild beastanimalref. to a catHdt.ref. to a dogTheoc.ref. to a pigPl. beast, creatureref. to a supernatural, strange or imaginary being; or fig.ref. to a person, envisaged as having the attributes of a non-human beingAr. Pl. X. Call. Plu. derog., ref. to a person, freq. in voc. addressbeast, brute, monsterAr. Att.orats. Pl. Men.fig.ref. to povertyMen.

ShortDef

a wild animal, beast

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Headword:
θηρίον
Headword (normalized):
θηρίον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
θηριον
IDX:
19216
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-19217
Key:
θηρίον

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