τέρας
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τέρας
τέρατος
Structure:
τερατ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- sign, marvel, wonder
- divine sign, omen, portent
- 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.
- ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ σημείοισ καὶ τέρασιν, ὃν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν Κύριοσ ποιῆσαι αὐτὰ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ Φαραὼ καὶ τοῖσ θεράπουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάσῃ τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 34:11)
- τὰ μὲν τέρασιν ἠλαύνοντο φαντασμάτων, τὰ δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ παρελύοντο προδοσίᾳ. αἰφνίδιοσ γὰρ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἀπροσδόκητοσ φόβοσ ἐπῆλθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:15)
- καὶ ἐξήγαγεσ τὸν λαόν σου Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου ἐν σημείοισ καὶ ἐν τέρασιν, ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 39:21)
- "ὥσπερ οὖν εἰ, τῇ θαλάττῃ μὴ δυναμένων ἡμῶν προσελθεῖν μηδ’ ἅψασθαι μόνον δὲ τὴν θέαν αὐτῆσ πόρρωθεν ἀφορώντων καὶ πυνθανομένων ὅτι πικρὸν καὶ ἄποτον καὶ ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ ἐστίν, ἔλεγέ τισ ὡσ ζῷα πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα καὶ παντοδαπὰ ταῖσ μορφαῖσ τρέφει κατὰ βάθουσ καὶ θηρίων ἐστὶ πλήρησ ὕδατι χρωμένων ὅσαπερ ὑμεῖσ ἀέρι, μύθοισ ἂν ὅμοια καὶ τέρασιν ἐδόκει περαίνειν οὕτωσ ἐοίκαμεν ἔχειν καὶ ταὐτὸ πάσχειν πρὸσ τὴν σελήνην, ἀπιστοῦντεσ ἐκεῖ τινασ ἀνθρώπουσ κατοικεῖν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2542)
- κἂν ἔχῃ τρίχασ πολλάσ, τέρασ ἐστὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ τέρασιν ἐν Ῥώμῃ δείκνυται. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 27:6)
Synonyms
-
sign
-
divine sign
- σῆμα (a sign from the gods, an omen, portent)
- φάσμα (a sign from heaven, portent, omen)
-
monster
- φάσμα (a monster, prodigy, a monster)
