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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- via Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰḗr. Compare Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “wild animal, beast”) and Tocharian B śerwe (“hunter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈθi.ra/ → /ˈθi.ra/
Noun
θήρᾱ • (thḗrā) f (genitive θήρᾱς); first declension
- (uncountable) hunting
- (countable) hunt, chase
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θήρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2339 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- booty idem, page 89.
- catch idem, page 118.
- chase idem, page 126.
- game idem, page 353.
- hunt idem, page 410.
- prey idem, page 639.
- prize idem, page 642.
- pursuit idem, page 659.
- quarry idem, page 663.
- sport idem, page 804.
- thera idem, page 865.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek θήρα (thḗra).
Noun
θήρα • (thíra) f (uncountable)
- hunting, the hunt
- Synonym: άγρα (ágra)
- prey, the hunted
- Synonyms: άγρα (ágra), κυνήγι (kynígi)
Declension
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singular
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nominative
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θήρα (thíra)
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genitive
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θήρας (thíras)
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accusative
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θήρα (thíra)
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vocative
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θήρα (thíra)
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- see: θηρίο n (thirío, “wild animal, beast”)
Further reading