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θηριώδης

θηριώδης, full of wild beasts, infested by them

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θηριωδέστατα adverb superlative, neuter nominative plural superlative, neuter vocative plural superlative, neuter accusative plural superlative of θηριώδης

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θηρῐ-ώδης, ες,
  • full of wild beasts, infested by them, of countries, ἡ θ. Λιβύη Hdt. 4.181; ὄρεα -έστατα Id. 1.110; ἐν τῇ θ. [χώρῃ] Id. 4.174, cf. 2.32; -εστάτης ἐούσης τῆς θαλάσσης ταύτης full of ravenous fishes, Id. 6.44.
    • II of beasts, savage, Arist. PA 663a13; ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον Id. HA 502b4; τὸ θ., of a colt, E. Tr. 671.
      • 2 of men and manners, brutal, δίαιτα Hp. VM 3; [βίοτος] E. Supp. 202, cf. SIG 704E 11 (Delph., ii B.C.); ἡδονή Pl. R. 591c; βρίμωσις Phld. Ir. p.58 W.; κατάστασις OGI 424.3 (Palestine, i A.D.); ὁ θ. ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις σπάνιος Arist. EN 1145a30; οἱ Λάκωνες . . θηριώδεις ἀπεργάζονται [τοὺς παῖδας] Id. Pol. 1338b12; ἡ θ. ἕξις Id. EN 1145a24: Comp. -έστερος, ἄνθρωπος Plb. 30.12.3; τὸ θ. brutality, Pl. Cra. 394e, al. Adv. -ωδῶς, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους Isoc. 11.25, cf. Plb. 15.20.3.
      • 3 ζῴδια θ.,= θηριόμορφα, Ptol. Tetr. 200.
    • III Medic., malignant, of ulcers, Phld. Ir. p.44 W., Dsc. 2.108, Plu. Superst. 2.165e, Aret. SA 2.8; also of intestinal worms, Hp. Epid. 6.1.11, 6.2.11.

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