Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τεράστιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεράστιος τεράστιον

Structure: τεραστι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/ras

Sense

  1. monstrous

Examples

  • ἕτερον δὲ τεράστιον ἄνθρωπον, τράγῳ τὰ νέρθεν ἐοικότα,’ κομήτην τὰ σκέλη, κέρατα ἔχοντα, βαθυπώγωνα, ὀργίλον καὶ θυμικόν, θατέρᾳ μὲν σύριγγα φέροντα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ ῥάβδον καμπύλην ἐπηρμένον καὶ περισκιρτῶντα ὅλον τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ τὰ γύναια δὲ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ σείειν ἠνεμωμένασ τὰσ κόμασ, ὁπότε προσίοι, καὶ βοᾶν εὐοῖ· (Lucian, (no name) 2:4)
  • ὦ Ζεῦ τεράστιε τῆσ θέασ, τοῦ κάλλουσ, τῆσ ἡδονῆσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 11:1)
  • εἶτα θαυμάζομεν εἰ καταφρονοῦσιν ἡμῶν οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὁρῶντεσ οὕτω γελοίουσ θεοὺσ καὶ τεραστίουσ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 5:1)
  • καὶ θαυμάζω εἴ σοι ταῦτα τεράστια εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸν Ἄτλαντα δηλαδὴ εἰδότι, ὃσ τὸν πόλον αὐτὸν εἷσ ὢν φέρει ἀνέχων ἡμᾶσ ἅπαντασ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:8)
  • ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα τεράστιον, ὁ αὐτὸσ πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, menelaus and proteus, chapter 3 1:4)

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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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