beast

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

animal: P. and V. ζῷον, τό, θρέμμα, τό (Plato).

wild beast: P. and V. θήρ, ὁ, Ar. and P. θηρίον, τό, Ar. and V. κνώδαλον, τό, V. δάκος, τό.

beast of burden: P. ὑποζύγιον, τό.

head of cattle: P. and V. βόσκημα, τό (Plato), Ar. and V. βοτόν, τό, P. κτῆνος τό (Xen.).

of a person: Ar. and P. θηρίον, τό.

of wild beasts, adj.: P. and V. θήρειος.

haunted by beasts, adj.: V. ἔνθηρος.

turn into a beast, verb intransitive V. ἐκθηριοῦσθαι.