θήρα

See also: Θήρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θήρη (thḗrē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- via Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰḗr. Compare Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “wild animal, beast”) and Tocharian B śerwe (“hunter”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

θήρᾱ • (thḗrā) f (genitive θήρᾱς); first declension

1. (uncountable) hunting
2. (countable) hunt, chase

Declension

First declension of ἡ θήρᾱ; τῆς θήρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θήρᾱ hē thḗrā	τὼ θήρᾱ tṑ thḗrā	αἱ θῆραι hai thêrai
Genitive	τῆς θήρᾱς tês thḗrās	τοῖν θήραιν toîn thḗrain	τῶν θηρῶν tôn thērôn
Dative	τῇ θήρᾳ têi thḗrāi	τοῖν θήραιν toîn thḗrain	ταῖς θήραις taîs thḗrais
Accusative	τὴν θήρᾱν tḕn thḗrān	τὼ θήρᾱ tṑ thḗrā	τᾱ̀ς θήρᾱς tā̀s thḗrās
Vocative	θήρᾱ thḗrā	θήρᾱ thḗrā	θῆραι thêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θηράω (thēráō)
• θηρεύω (thēreúō)
• πᾰνθήρᾱ (panthḗrā)

 

Further reading

• “θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θήρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2339 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • booty idem, page 89.
  • catch idem, page 118.
  • chase idem, page 126.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • hunt idem, page 410.
  • prey idem, page 639.
  • prize idem, page 642.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.
  • quarry idem, page 663.
  • sport idem, page 804.
  • thera idem, page 865.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek θήρα (thḗra).

Noun

θήρα • (thíra) f (uncountable)

1. hunting, the hunt

   Synonym: άγρα (ágra)

2. prey, the hunted

   Synonyms: άγρα (ágra), κυνήγι (kynígi)

Declension

  θήρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	θήρα •
genitive	θήρας •
accusative	θήρα •
vocative	θήρα •

Related terms

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

Further reading

• Κυνήγι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el