θηριόομαι
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1210] zum Tiere werden, verwildern, Plat. Legg. IX, 935 a; von Pflanzen, wurmstichig werden, Ath. X, 450 a; Theophr. Bei den Aerzten von Geschwüren, bösartig werden.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θηριόομαι: становиться диким, звереть, дичать, грубеть Plat., Plut.