θηρίον
θηρίον,
τό (in form Dim. of
θήρ),
A). wild animal, esp. of such as are hunted,
μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag,
Od. 10.171 ,
180 (never in
Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric drama,
S. Ichn. 147 (dub. in
A. Fr. 26 ): used in Prose for
θήρ,
X. An. 1.2.7 ,
Isoc. 12.163 , etc.; of the spider's
prey,
Arist. HA 623a27 ; freq. of elephants,
Plb. 11.1.12 , al.: pl.,
beasts, opp. men, birds, and fishes,
h.Ven. 4 ,
Hdt. 3.108 .
2). generally,
animal,
Id. 1.119 ;
νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον Id. 3.16 ; of men,
ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον Antipho Soph. 48 ;
εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι Pl. Phdr. 249b ; also
θ. ὕειον Id. R. 535e ; of the dog,
Theoc. 25.79 ; of fishes,
Arist. HA 598b1 ; of eels,
Antiph. 147.7 ; of leeches,
IG 4.951.101 (Epid.); of other small creatures,
Arist. HA 552b11 ,
625b32 ,
Hp. ap.
Gal. 19.103 ,
Theoc. 19.6 ;
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον Antiph. 161.1 ; opp. plants,
Pl. Smp. 188b : prov.,
ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός, either above or below the nature of man,
Arist. Pol. 1253a29 , cf.
EN 1145a25 .
3). beast, esp. as hostile and odious to man,
θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora,
Pl. Mx. 237d ;
monster, creature, of sharks, etc.,
Hdt. 6.44 ; of Typhon, etc.,
Pl. Phdr. 230a ,
R. 588e ; of the Satyrs,
S. Ichn. l.c.;
ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.;
Ar. Nu. 184 , cf.
Av. 93 .
III). as a term of reproach,
beast, creature,
ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον Ar. Pl. 439 , cf.
Eq. 273 ;
κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ Pl. Phdr. 240b ;
Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ. Epimenid. 1 ;
δυσνουθέτητον θ., of poverty,
Men. Georg. 78 ;
ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει Anaxil. 27 , cf.
Eup. 132 ;
τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes,
Plin. Ep. 2.3.10 ;
θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman,
Secund. Sent. 8 .
ShortDef
a wild animal, beast
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">θηρίον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span> (in form Dim. of <span class="foreign greek">θήρ</span>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wild animal</span>, esp. of such as are hunted, <span class="foreign greek">μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν</span>, of a stag, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.171 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:180/canonical-url/"> 180 </a> (never in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span></span>); in Trag. only in Satyric drama, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> 147 </span> (dub. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 26 </a>): used in Prose for <span class="foreign greek">θήρ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.2.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.163 </a>, etc.; of the spider\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prey</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 623a27 </a>; freq. of elephants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 11.1.12 </a>, al.: pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beasts</span>, opp. men, birds, and fishes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ven.</span> 4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.108 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">animal</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.119 </a>; <span class="quote greek">νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.16 </a> ; of men, <span class="quote greek">ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1147.tlg001:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1147.tlg001:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho Soph.</span> 48 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:249b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:249b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 249b </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">θ. ὕειον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:535e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:535e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 535e </a> ; of the dog, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 25.79 </a>; of fishes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:598b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:598b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 598b1 </a>; of eels, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:147:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:147.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 147.7 </a>; of leeches, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.951.101 </span> (Epid.); of other small creatures, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:552b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:552b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 552b11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:625b:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:625b.32/canonical-url/"> 625b32 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 19.103 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 19.6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:161:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:161.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 161.1 </a> ; opp. plants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:188b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:188b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 188b </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός</span>, either above or below the nature of man, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1253a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1253a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1253a29 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1145a:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1145a.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1145a25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beast</span>, esp. as hostile and odious to man, <span class="foreign greek">θηρία τε καὶ βοτά</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">carnivora</span> and graminivora, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:237d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:237d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mx.</span> 237d </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monster, creature</span>, of sharks, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.44 </a>; of Typhon, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 230a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:588e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:588e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 588e </a>; of the Satyrs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 184 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:93/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 93 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poisonous animal</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.75 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:28:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:28.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 28.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Medic.,= <span class="foreign greek">θηρίωμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Coac.</span> 459 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg026:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg026:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Loc.Hom.</span> 29 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> </span> l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> as a term of reproach, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beast, creature</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:439" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:439/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 439 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:273/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 273 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:240b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:240b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 240b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1347.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1347.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epimenid.</span> 1 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δυσνουθέτητον θ.</span>, of poverty, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg003:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg003:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Georg.</span> 78 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxil.</span> 27 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 132 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε</span>; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2.3.10 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">θ. συνεστιώμενον</span>, of woman, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Secund.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Astron., the constellation <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lupus</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.2.20 </a>, Vett. Val.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:6:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:6.13/canonical-url/"> 6.13 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}