θήραμα

θήραμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρᾰ́ω (thēráō, “to hunt, chase”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.raː.ma/ → /ˈθi.ra.ma/ → /ˈθi.ra.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̌ː.raː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe̝.ra.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ra.ma/

Noun

θήρᾱμᾰ • (thḗrāma) f (genitive θηρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. prey, spoil, game

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ; τοῦ θηρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ tò thḗrāma	τὼ θηρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thērā́mate	τᾰ̀ θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà thērā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ θηρᾱ́μᾰτος toû thērā́matos	τοῖν θηρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thērāmátoin	τῶν θηρᾱμᾰ́των tôn thērāmátōn
Dative	τῷ θηρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi thērā́mati	τοῖν θηρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thērāmátoin	τοῖς θηρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / θηρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs thērā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ tò thḗrāma	τὼ θηρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thērā́mate	τᾰ̀ θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà thērā́mata
Vocative	θήρᾱμᾰ thḗrāma	θηρᾱ́μᾰτε thērā́mate	θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ thērā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θήραμα (thírama)

Further reading

• “θήραμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θήραμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Noun

θήραμα • (thírama) n (plural θηράματα)

1. game, prey, quarry
2. kill

Declension

declension of θήραμα

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	θήραμα •	θηράματα •
genitive	θηράματος •	θηραμάτων •
accusative	θήραμα •	θηράματα •
vocative	θήραμα •	θηράματα •

Related terms

• see: θηρίο n (thirío, “wild animal, beast”)