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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

  • τὴν φύσιν δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐόντι ζωπύρῳ ἀνανεῶσαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὐκ ἄπιστον ἐσ τέρατοσ ἰδέην. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 398)
  • τί δὲ τοῖσ παρὰ φύσιν, οἳ ἂν ἐν τέρατοσ εἴδει γένωνται; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 68:4)
  • γενομένου γὰρ τέρατοσ φυλάσσουσι γραφόμενοι τὠποβαῖνον, καὶ ἤν κοτε ὕστερον παραπλήσιον τούτῳ γένηται, κατὰ τὠυτὸ νομίζουσι ἀποβήσεσθαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 82 3:2)
  • γεγραμμένοι δὲ καὶ οἱ παῖδέσ εἰσιν οἱ Ἀτρέωσ, ἐπικείμενοι καὶ οὗτοι κράνη, Μενελάῳ δὲ ἀσπίδα ἔχοντι δράκων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀσπίδι ἐστὶν εἰργασμένοσ τοῦ ἐν Αὐλίδι φανέντοσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἱερείοισ τέρατοσ ἕνεκα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. sign

  2. divine sign

  3. monster

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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