θηριομάχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”) +‎ μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I fight”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ri.o.má.kʰos/ → /θi.ri.oˈma.xos/ → /θi.ri.oˈma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ri.o.má.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.ri.oˈma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.ri.oˈma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.ri.oˈma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.ri.oˈma.xos/

Adjective

θηριομάχος • (thēriomákhos) m or f (neuter θηριομάχον); second declension

1. fighting against wild beasts

Inflection

Second declension of θηριομᾰ́χος; θηριομᾰ́χον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θηριομᾰ́χος thēriomákhos	θηριομᾰ́χον thēriomákhon		θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō	θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō		θηριομᾰ́χοι thēriomákhoi	θηριομᾰ́χᾰ thēriomákha
Genitive		θηριομᾰ́χου thēriomákhou	θηριομᾰ́χου thēriomákhou		θηριομᾰ́χοιν thēriomákhoin	θηριομᾰ́χοιν thēriomákhoin		θηριομᾰ́χων thēriomákhōn	θηριομᾰ́χων thēriomákhōn
Dative		θηριομᾰ́χῳ thēriomákhōi	θηριομᾰ́χῳ thēriomákhōi		θηριομᾰ́χοιν thēriomákhoin	θηριομᾰ́χοιν thēriomákhoin		θηριομᾰ́χοις thēriomákhois	θηριομᾰ́χοις thēriomákhois
Accusative		θηριομᾰ́χον thēriomákhon	θηριομᾰ́χον thēriomákhon		θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō	θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō		θηριομᾰ́χους thēriomákhous	θηριομᾰ́χᾰ thēriomákha
Vocative		θηριομᾰ́χε thēriomákhe	θηριομᾰ́χον thēriomákhon		θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō	θηριομᾰ́χω thēriomákhō		θηριομᾰ́χοι thēriomákhoi	θηριομᾰ́χᾰ thēriomákha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θηριομᾰ́χως thēriomákhōs			θηριομᾰχώτερος thēriomakhṓteros			θηριομᾰχώτᾰτος thēriomakhṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: მჴეცის მბრძოლი (mqecis mbrʒoli, “fighter of wild animals, gladiator”) (calque)

Further reading

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