θηρητήρ

θηρητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, ion. = θηρατήρ, Il. öfter ; auch ἄνδρες θ., 12.170, 21.574.

θηρητήρ

-ῆρος, ὁ

[θηράω = θηρεύω.]

A hunter Il. 5.51, Il. 11.292, Il. 15.581, Il. 17.726, Il. 21.574.

Of a bird of prey: αἰετοῦ, τοῦ θηρητῆρος Il. 21.252. Cf. Il. 24.316.

Of despoilers of a wasps’ nest Il. 12.170.

θηρητήρ , ῆρος, and θηρήτωρ, ορος (θηράω): hunter; also as adj., Il. 12.170, Il. 21.252; in Od. 21.397the better reading is θηητήρ.