"θήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See θήρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰɛ̌ːr/, /θir/, /θir/, /tʰɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /tʰe̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /θir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /θir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /θir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-. Cognates include Latin ferus (“wild, savage”) and Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ, “wild animal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʷʰḗr}} Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰḗr, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰwer-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-, {{cog|la|ferus||wild, savage}} Latin ferus (“wild, savage”), {{cog|cu|звѣрь||wild animal}} Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ, “wild animal”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|θηρός|m|third|g2=f}} θήρ • (thḗr) m or f (genitive θηρός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|θήρ|θηρός|form=MF}} Forms: thḗr [romanization], θηρός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ θήρ [nominative, singular], τὼ θῆρε [dual, nominative], οἱ [nominative, plural], αἱ θῆρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς θηρός [genitive, singular], τοῖν θηροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν θηρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ [dative, singular], τῇ θηρῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν θηροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς θηρσῐ́ [dative, plural], θηρσῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs [dative, plural], taîs thērsí [dative, plural], taîs thērsín [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν θῆρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ θῆρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς [accusative, plural], τᾱ̀ς θῆρᾰς [accusative, plural], θήρ [singular, vocative], θῆρε [dual, vocative], θῆρες [plural, vocative]
  1. a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion
    Sense id: en-θήρ-grc-noun-fRU03~-c
  2. any animal
    Sense id: en-θήρ-grc-noun-wrXmGtGm
  3. a fantastic animal, such as the Sphinx
    Sense id: en-θήρ-grc-noun-EigHI6ZA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 8 17 75 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 6 85 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 10 6 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 28 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 36 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: φήρ (phḗr) [Aeolic] Derived forms: θηρίον (thēríon)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "θηρσῐ́ν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς θῆρᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s thêras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "θήρ",
      "roman": "thḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "roman": "thêres",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion"
      ],
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          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
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      ]
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          "fantastic"
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        [
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        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "phḗr",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "φήρ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θήρ"
}
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "form": "ταῖς θηρσῐ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θηρσῐ́ν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs thērsí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs thērsín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν θῆρᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn thêra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ θῆρε",
      "roman": "tṑ thêre",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
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    },
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      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς θῆρᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s thêras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θήρ",
      "roman": "thḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῆρε",
      "roman": "thêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῆρες",
      "roman": "thêres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θηρός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "θήρ • (thḗr) m or f (genitive θηρός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θήρ",
        "2": "θηρός",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any animal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fantastic animal, such as the Sphinx"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantastic",
          "fantastic"
        ],
        [
          "Sphinx",
          "Sphinx"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "phḗr",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "φήρ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θήρ"
}

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