θηριότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρῐ́ον (thēríon, “beast”) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ri.ó.tɛːs/ → /θi.riˈo.tis/ → /θi.riˈo.tis/

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

Noun

θηρῐότης • (thēriótēs) f (genitive θηρῐότητος); third declension

1. the nature of a beast, savageness, brutality
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 7.1.1
   • 300 CE – 500 CE, Stobaeus, Anthology 10.11

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θηρῐότης; τῆς θηρῐότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θηρῐότης hē thēriótēs	τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thēriótēte	αἱ θηρῐότητες hai thēriótētes
Genitive	τῆς θηρῐότητος tês thēriótētos	τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thēriotḗtoin	τῶν θηρῐοτήτων tôn thēriotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ θηρῐότητῐ têi thēriótēti	τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thēriotḗtoin	ταῖς θηρῐότησῐ / θηρῐότησῐν taîs thēriótēsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν θηρῐότητᾰ tḕn thēriótēta	τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thēriótēte	τᾱ̀ς θηρῐότητᾰς tā̀s thēriótētas
Vocative	θηρῐότης thēriótēs	θηρῐότητε thēriótēte	θηρῐότητες thēriótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

• “θηριότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θηριότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θηριότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette