θήραμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρᾰ́ω (thērắō, “to hunt, chase”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

θήρᾱμᾰ • (thḗrāmă) f (genitive θηρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. prey, spoil, game

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ; τοῦ θηρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ tò thḗrāmă	τὼ θηρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thērā́măte	τᾰ̀ θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ thērā́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ θηρᾱ́μᾰτος toû thērā́mătos	τοῖν θηρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thērāmắtoin	τῶν θηρᾱμᾰ́των tôn thērāmắtōn
Dative	τῷ θηρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi thērā́mătĭ	τοῖν θηρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thērāmắtoin	τοῖς θηρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / θηρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs thērā́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ θήρᾱμᾰ tò thḗrāmă	τὼ θηρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thērā́măte	τᾰ̀ θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ thērā́mătă
Vocative	θήρᾱμᾰ thḗrāmă	θηρᾱ́μᾰτε thērā́măte	θηρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ thērā́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θήραμα (thírama)

Further reading

• “θήραμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θήραμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

θήραμα • (thírama) n (plural θηράματα)

1. game, prey, quarry
2. kill

Declension

Declension of θήραμα

	singular	plural
nominative	θήραμα (thírama)	θηράματα (thirámata)
genitive	θηράματος (thirámatos)	θηραμάτων (thiramáton)
accusative	θήραμα (thírama)	θηράματα (thirámata)
vocative	θήραμα (thírama)	θηράματα (thirámata)

Related terms

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