θηρίον thērion · G2342

θηρίον, τό ; (in form diminutive of θήρ), wild animal, especially of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, []; in Trag. only in Satyric drama, []; of the spider's prey, []; frequently of elephants, []: plural, beasts, opposed to men, birds, and fishes, []; 2 generally, animal, []; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον []; of the dog, []; of fishes, []; of eels, []; of leeches, []; of other small creatures, [], either above or below the nature of man, []; 3 beast, especially …