θηριόδηγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρίον (thēríon, “beast, poisonous animal”) +‎ δῆγμα (dêgma, “bite”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ri.ó.dɛːŋ.ma/ → /θi.riˈo.ðiɣ.ma/ → /θi.riˈo.ðiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ri.ó.dɛːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.riˈo.de̝ɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.riˈo.ðiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.riˈo.ðiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.riˈo.ðiɣ.ma/

Noun

θηρῐόδηγμᾰ • (thēriódēgma) n (genitive θηρῐοδήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. bite of a serpent

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θηρῐόδηγμᾰ; τοῦ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θηρῐόδηγμᾰ tò thēriódēgma	τὼ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτε tṑ thēriodḗgmate	τᾰ̀ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτᾰ tà thēriodḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτος toû thēriodḗgmatos	τοῖν θηρῐοδηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn thēriodēgmátoin	τῶν θηρῐοδηγμᾰ́των tôn thēriodēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτῐ tôi thēriodḗgmati	τοῖν θηρῐοδηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn thēriodēgmátoin	τοῖς θηρῐοδήγμᾰσῐ / θηρῐοδήγμᾰσῐν toîs thēriodḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θηρῐόδηγμᾰ tò thēriódēgma	τὼ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτε tṑ thēriodḗgmate	τᾰ̀ θηρῐοδήγμᾰτᾰ tà thēriodḗgmata
Vocative	θηρῐόδηγμᾰ thēriódēgma	θηρῐοδήγμᾰτε thēriodḗgmate	θηρῐοδήγμᾰτᾰ thēriodḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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