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θήρ (thēr) a wild beast ^G:N-M

θήρ, θηρός,

Epic dialect dative plural θήρεσσι, ὁ: later also ἡ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— beast of prey, especially a lion (so used in Cephallenia, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ Νέμειος θ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of the wild boar, Ἐρυμάνθιος θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Cerberus, [Refs]; ὁ θ., of a hind, [Refs]: plural, generally, beasts, opposed to birds and fishes, ἠέ που ἐν πόντῳ φάγον ἰσθύες, ἢ ἐπὶ χέρσου θηρσὶ καὶ οἰωνοῖσιν ἕλωρ γένετ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+], of Orestes and Pylades, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ σφοδρότης.. θηρός (i.e. Ἔρωτος) [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 of any living creature, πλωτοὶ θῆρες, i.e. dolphins, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of vermin killed by birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of gnats, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the sacred animals in Egypt, ἀρχιστολιστὴς θηρῶν [Refs]
__3 any fabulous monster, as the Sphinx, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of a centaur, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Satyrs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ θεῶν τις οὐδ᾽ ἄνθρωπος οὐδὲ θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] —Less frequently than θηρίον in Prose, but found in [Refs 5th c.BC+] ĝh[uglide]ēr-, compare φήρ, Lithuanian žvėrìs 'wild beast'.)