beast
From LSJ
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
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.
