θηρίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό (in form Dim. of [[θήρ]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wild animal]], esp. of such as are hunted, <b class="b3">μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν</b>, of a stag, <span class="bibl">Od.10.171</span>, <span class="bibl">180</span> (never in Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric drama, S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>147 (dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>26</span>): used in Prose for [[θήρ]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.163</span>, etc.; of the spider's [[prey]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a27</span>; freq. of elephants, <span class="bibl">Plb.11.1.12</span>, al.: pl., [[beasts]], opp. men, birds, and fishes, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[animal]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.119</span>; νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον <span class="bibl">Id.3.16</span>; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.48</span>; εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>249b</span>; also θ. ὕειον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>535e</span>; of the dog, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.79</span>; of fishes, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>598b1</span>; of eels, <span class="bibl">Antiph.147.7</span>; of leeches, <span class="title">IG</span>4.951.101 (Epid.); of other small creatures, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 552b11</span>, <span class="bibl">625b32</span>, Hp. ap. Gal.19.103, <span class="bibl">Theoc.19.6</span>; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον <span class="bibl">Antiph.161.1</span>; opp. plants, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188b</span>: prov., <b class="b3">ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός</b>, either above or below the nature of man, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1253a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1145a25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[beast]], esp. as hostile and odious to man, <b class="b3">θηρία τε καὶ βοτά</b> [[carnivora]] and graminivora, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>237d</span>; [[monster]], [[creature]], of sharks, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.44</span>; of Typhon, etc., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>230a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>588e</span>; of the Satyrs, S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span> l.c.; <b class="b3">ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ</b>.; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>184</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>93</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[poisonous animal]], Dsc.1.75, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span> 28.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Medic.,= [[θηρίωμα]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>459</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>29</span>, cf. Gal. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> as a term of reproach, [[beast]], [[creature]], ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>439</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>273</span>; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>240b</span>; Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ. <span class="bibl">Epimenid.1</span>; <b class="b3">δυσνουθέτητον θ</b>., of poverty, <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Georg.</span>78</span>; ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει <span class="bibl">Anaxil.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eup.132</span>; <b class="b3">τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε</b>; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.3.10; <b class="b3">θ. συνεστιώμενον</b>, of woman, <span class="bibl">Secund. <span class="title">Sent.</span>8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Astron., the constellation <span class="title">Lupus</span>, Eudox. ap. <span class="bibl">Hipparch. 1.2.20</span>, Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">6.13</span>.</span>