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θηρίο
beast /θiˈrio/
nounC1#3699 most common
Also: wild animal, monster, a person of exceptional skill or strength (colloquial)
Example sentences
Το λιοντάρι είναι ένα άγριο θηρίο.
The lion is a wild beast.
Στο δάσος ζουν πολλά θηρία.
Many wild animals live in the forest.
Ο φίλος μου είναι θηρίο στο ποδόσφαιρο.
My friend is a beast at football.
Το δέρμα του θηρίου ήταν πολύ σκληρό.
The beast's skin was very tough.
Το αφεντικό μου γίνεται θηρίο όταν θυμώνει.
My boss turns into a monster when he gets angry.
Οι κυνηγοί προσπάθησαν να παγιδεύσουν το πιο επικίνδυνο απ' όλα τα θηρία του δάσους.
The hunters tried to trap the most dangerous of all the beasts in the forest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το θηρίο | τα θηρία |
| Genitive | του θηρίου | των θηρίων |
| Accusative | το θηρίο | τα θηρία |
| Vocative | θηρίο | θηρία |
Word family
θηριώδηςbeastly, brutal, ferocious
θήραhunt, hunting
θηρευτήςhunter, predator
θηριοτροφείοmenagerie, animal enclosure
θηριώδειαbrutality, savagery
Etymology
Θηρίο comes from Ancient Greek θηρίον, a diminutive of θήρ, the old word for a wild animal or beast of prey. Θήρ traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root for wild animal. Over centuries the diminutive form replaced the plain word in everyday speech, so modern Greek uses θηρίο for any beast, without any sense of smallness left in it.
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