θηριομάχης
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ,
A one who fights with beasts, D.S. 36.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1209] ὁ, = θηριομάχος, D. Sic. exc. p. 537, 44.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θηριομάχης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ μαχόμενος πρὸς ἄγρια θηρία, ἰδίως ἐν τῷ Ρωμ. ἀμφιθέατρῳ, Λατ. bestiarius, Διόδ. Ἐκλογ. 537.
Greek Monolingual
θηριομάχης, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που παλεύει με θηρία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θηρίο + -μάχης (< μάχη), πρβλ. πεζο-μάχης, φαλαγγο-μάχης].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θηριομάχης: Diod. = θηριομάχος.
