θηριομαχέω

English (LSJ)

   A fight with wild beasts, D.S.3.43, 1 Ep.Cor.15.32, Vett.Val.129.33, Ptol.Tetr.200, Artem.2.54.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1209] mit Thieren kämpfen, D. Sic. 3, 42 u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

θηριομᾰχέω: μάχομαι πρὸς ἄγρια θηρία, Διόδ. 3. 43, Ἀρτεμίδ. 2. 54.

English (Strong)

from a compound of θηρίον and μάχομαι; to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men): fight with wild beasts.

English (Thayer)

θηριομάχω: 1st aorist ἐθηριομάχησα; (θηριομαχος); to fight with wild beasts (Diodorus 3,43, 7; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2,54; 5,49); εἰ ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, θηριομάχειν in Ignatius ad Romans 5 [ET] (etc.); ὁιοις θηρίοις μαχομεθα says Pompey, in the Appendix, bell. 104:2,61; see θηρίον). The former opinion encounters the objection that Paul would not have omitted this most terrible of all perils from the catalog in 2 Corinthians 11:23 ff