The Greek word for animal is
ζώο
Translations for animal and their definitions
| ζώο | |
| 1. n-n. (zoology) mammal | |
| 2. n-n. animal, beast, creature | |
| 3. n-n. brute, stupid (used as derogatory interjection) |
| άγριος | |
| 1. adj. (of animals) undomesticated, untamed, feral, wild | |
| 2. adj. (of plants) wild, uncultivated | |
| 3. adj. (of persons) uncouth, unsociable, uncivilised (UK), uncivilized (US) |
| ζωώδης | |
| 1. adj. like an animal, unlike a human being | |
| 2. adj. subhuman, animal, bestial, brutish |
| κτήνος | |
| 1. n-n. domestic animal, farm animal, beast | |
| 2. n-n. beast, animal, mammal | |
| 3. n-n. (figuratively) wild person, brute, beast |
| θηρίο | |
| 1. n-n. wild animal, beast | |
| 2. n-n. brute, predator | |
| 3. n-n. large strong man | |
| 4. n-n. giant (vegetable, etc) |
| αγροίκος | |
| 1. n-m. boor, churl, roughneck | |
| 2. n-m. yokel | |
| 3. n-m. bounder | |
| 4. adj. churlish, boorish | |
| 5. adj. rustic, coarse |
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