θηριότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θηρῐ́ον (thēríon, “beast”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛː.ri.ó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe̝.riˈo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θi.riˈo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θi.riˈo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θi.riˈo.tis/
Noun
θηρῐότης • (thēriótēs) f (genitive θηρῐότητος); third declension
- the nature of a beast, savageness, brutality
- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 7.1.1
- Stobaeus, Anthology 10.11
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ θηρῐότης; τῆς θηρῐότητος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θηρῐότης hē thēriótēs | τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thēriótēte | αἱ θηρῐότητες hai thēriótētes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θηρῐότητος tês thēriótētos | τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thēriotḗtoin | τῶν θηρῐοτήτων tôn thēriotḗtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θηρῐότητῐ têi thēriótēti | τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thēriotḗtoin | ταῖς θηρῐότησῐ / θηρῐότησῐν taîs thēriótēsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θηρῐότητᾰ tḕn thēriótēta | τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thēriótēte | τᾱ̀ς θηρῐότητᾰς tā̀s thēriótētas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θηρῐότης thēriótēs | θηρῐότητε thēriótēte | θηρῐότητες thēriótētes | ||||||||||
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References
- “θηριότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θηριότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θηριότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette