Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /θiríon/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θiríon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiɾíon/

Noun

θηρῐ́ον • ‎(thēríon) n ‎(genitive θηρίου); second declension

1. wild animal, beast, savage beast
   1. animal
   2. a poisonous animal
2. (diminutive) a small animal, insect, worm
3. (medicine) a malignant ulcer
4. a term of reproach

Inflection

Derived terms

• θηρῐότης ‎(thēriótēs)

Synonyms

• (beast): θήρ ‎(thḗr)
• (ulcer): θηρίωμα ‎(thēríōma)

Descendants

• English: therio-
• Scientific Latin: -thērium
  • English: -there
  • French: -thère

References

• θηρίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θηρίον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θηρίον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «θηρίον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «θηρίον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G2342”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • animal idem, page 30.
  • beast idem, page 67.
  • brute idem, page 102.
  • creature idem, page 183.
  • cur idem, page 189.
  • monster idem, page 539.
• LSJ 8th edition