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|txtha=θηρίου, τό ([[diminutive]] of [[θήρ]]; [[hence]], a [[little]] [[beast]], [[little]] [[animal]]; [[Plato]], Theact., p. 171e.; of bees, Theocritus, 19,6; [[but]] in [[usage]] it had [[almost]] [[always]] the [[force]] of its [[primitive]]; the [[later]] [[diminutive]] is θηριδιον (cf. [[Epictetus]] diss. 2,9, 6)); (from [[Homer]] [[down]]); the Sept. for חַיָה and בְּהֵמָה, an [[animal]]; a [[wild]] [[animal]], [[wild]] [[beast]], [[beast]]: [[properly]], Revelation 13-20, [[under]] the figurative of a '[[beast]]' is depicted Antichrist, [[both]] his [[person]] and his [[kingdom]] and [[power]] ([[see]] [[ἀντίχριστος]]); [[metaphorically]], a [[brutal]], [[bestial]] Prayer of Manasseh , [[savage]], [[ferocious]], [[Aristophanes]] eqq. 273; [[Plutarch]], 439; nub. 184; (cf. Schmidt, [[chapter]] 70,2; [[apparently]] [[never]] [[with]] [[allusion]] to the [[stupidity]] of beasts); [[still]] [[other]] examples are given by Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 379; θηρία ἀνθρωπομορφα, Ignatius Smyrn. 4 [ET], cf. ad Ephesians 7 [ET]). (Synonym: [[see]] ζοων.) | |||
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