θηριότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θηρῐ́ον (thērĭ́on, “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 • (thērĭótēs) 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 thērĭótēs	τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thērĭótēte	αἱ θηρῐότητες hai thērĭótētes
Genitive	τῆς θηρῐότητος tês thērĭótētos	τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thērĭotḗtoin	τῶν θηρῐοτήτων tôn thērĭotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ θηρῐότητῐ têi thērĭótētĭ	τοῖν θηρῐοτήτοιν toîn thērĭotḗtoin	ταῖς θηρῐότησῐ / θηρῐότησῐν taîs thērĭótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θηρῐότητᾰ tḕn thērĭótētă	τὼ θηρῐότητε tṑ thērĭótēte	τᾱ̀ς θηρῐότητᾰς tā̀s thērĭótētăs
Vocative	θηρῐότης thērĭótēs	θηρῐότητε thērĭótēte	θηρῐότητες thērĭótētes
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