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τεράστιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεράστιος τεράστιον

Structure: τεραστι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/ras

Sense

  1. monstrous

Examples

  • ὦ Ζεῦ τεράστιε τῆσ θέασ, τοῦ κάλλουσ, τῆσ ἡδονῆσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 11:1)
  • ὦ Ζεῦ τεράστιε καὶ Ἡράκλεισ ἀλεξίκακε, τί τὸ κακὸν τοῦτό ἐστιν; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:1)
  • ὦ Ζεῦ τεράστιε καὶ φίλοι Κορύβαντεσ καὶ Ἑρμῆ κερδῷε, πόθεν τοσοῦτον χρυσίον; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 41:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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