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τέρας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέρας τέρατος

Structure: τερατ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. sign, marvel, wonder
  2. divine sign, omen, portent
  3. monster

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ Φαραὼ λέγων. δότε ἡμῖν σημεῖον ἢ τέρασ, καὶ ἐρεῖσ Ἀαρὼν τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου. λάβε τὴν ράβδον καὶ ρίψον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσται δράκων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:9)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἀναστῇ ἐν σοὶ προφήτησ ἢ ἐνυπνιαζόμενοσ τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ δῷ σοι σημεῖον ἢ τέρασ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 13:2)
  • καὶ ἔλθῃ τὸ σημεῖον ἢ τὸ τέρασ, ὃ ἐλάλησε πρόσ σε λέγων. πορευθῶμεν καὶ λατρεύσωμεν θεοῖσ ἑτέροισ, οὓσ οὐκ οἴδατε, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 13:3)
  • καὶ δώσει ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τέρασ λέγων. τοῦτο τὸ ρῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησε Κύριοσ λέγων. ἰδοὺ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ρήγνυται, καὶ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ πιότησ ἡ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 13:3)
  • καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐρράγη, καὶ ἐξεχύθη ἡ πιότησ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κατὰ τὸ τέρασ, ὃ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 13:5)

Synonyms

  1. sign

  2. divine sign

  3. monster

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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