θηρίον: Difference between revisions

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