τέρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, perform (magic, etc.)”). See also Proto-Slavic *čarъ (“magic, sorcery”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (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
τέρᾰς • (térăs) n (genitive τέρᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò térăs |
τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térăte |
τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ tằ térătă / teráătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τέρᾰτος toû térătos |
τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terắtoin |
τῶν τερᾰ́των tôn terắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τέρᾰτῐ tōî térătĭ |
τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terắtoin |
τοῖς τέρᾰσῐ / τέρᾰσῐν toîs térăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò térăs |
τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térăte |
τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ tằ térătă / teráătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέρᾰς térăs |
τέρᾰτε térăte |
τέρᾰτᾰ / τεράᾰτᾰ térătă / teráătă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τέρᾰς térăs |
τέρᾰε térăe |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ térăă / térā | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τέρᾰος térăos |
τερᾰ́οιν terắoin |
τερᾰ́ων terắōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τέρᾰῐ̈ térăĭ̈ |
τερᾰ́οιν terắoin |
τεράεσσι / τεράεσσιν teráessi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τέρᾰς térăs |
τέρᾰε térăe |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ térăă / térā | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέρᾰς térăs |
τέρᾰε térăe |
τέρᾰᾰ / τέρᾱ térăă / térā | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò térăs |
τὼ τέρει / τέρεε tṑ térei / téree |
τᾰ̀ τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ tằ téreă / téră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τέρεος / τέρευς toû téreos / téreus |
τοῖν τερέοιν toîn teréoin |
τῶν τερέων / τερῶν tôn teréōn / terôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τέρει / τέρεῐ̈ tōî térei / téreĭ̈ |
τοῖν τερέοιν toîn teréoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τέρεσῐ / τέρεσῐν toîsĭ(n) téresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τέρᾰς tò térăs |
τὼ τέρει / τέρεε tṑ térei / téree |
τᾰ̀ τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ tằ téreă / téră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέρᾰς térăs |
τέρει / τέρεε térei / téree |
τέρεᾰ / τέρᾰ téreă / téră | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- τερᾰτολόγος (terătológos)
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- “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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras).
Noun
τέρας • (téras) n (plural τέρατα)