τέρας
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, perform (magic, etc.)”). See also Proto-Slavic *čarъ (“magic, sorcery”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.ras/
Noun
editτέρᾰς • (téras) n (genitive τέρᾰτος); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras |
τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térate |
τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ tà térata / teráata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέρᾰτος toû tératos |
τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terátoin |
τῶν τερᾰ́των tôn terátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέρᾰτῐ tôi térati |
τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terátoin |
τοῖς τέρᾰσῐ / τέρᾰσῐν toîs térasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras |
τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térate |
τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ tà térata / teráata | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέρᾰς téras |
τέρᾰτε térate |
τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ térata / teráata | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τέρᾰς téras |
τέρᾰε térae |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ téraa / térā | ||||||||||
Genitive | τέρᾰος téraos |
τερᾰ́οιν teráoin |
τερᾰ́ων teráōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τέρᾰῐ̈ téraï |
τερᾰ́οιν teráoin |
τεράεσσι / τεράεσσιν teráessi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τέρᾰς téras |
τέρᾰε térae |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ téraa / térā | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέρᾰς téras |
τέρᾰε térae |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ téraa / térā | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras |
τὼ τέρει / τέρεε tṑ térei / téree |
τᾰ̀ τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ tà térea / téra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέρεος / τέρευς toû téreos / téreus |
τοῖν τερέοιν toîn teréoin |
τῶν τερέων / τερῶν tôn teréōn / terôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέρει / τέρεῐ̈ tôi térei / téreï |
τοῖν τερέοιν toîn teréoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τέρεσῐ / τέρεσῐν toîsi(n) téresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras |
τὼ τέρει / τέρεε tṑ térei / téree |
τᾰ̀ τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ tà térea / téra | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέρᾰς téras |
τέρει / τέρεε térei / téree |
τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ térea / téra | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- τερᾰτολόγος (teratológos)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέρας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1467-8
Further reading
edit- “τέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- τέρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τέρας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5059 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τέρας (téras).
Noun
editτέρας • (téras) n (plural τέρατα)
Declension
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- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-
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- Greek nouns declining like 'κρέας'