τέρας

τέρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τέραος (téraos) – Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. See also Proto-Slavic *čarъ (“magic, sorcery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.ras/ → /ˈte.ras/ → /ˈte.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ras/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ras/

Noun

τέρᾰς • (téras) n (genitive τέρᾰτος); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension of τὸ τέρᾰς; τοῦ τέρᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras	τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térate	τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ tà térata
Genitive	τοῦ τέρᾰτος toû tératos	τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terátoin	τῶν τερᾰ́των tôn terátōn
Dative	τῷ τέρᾰτῐ tôi térati	τοῖν τερᾰ́τοιν toîn terátoin	τοῖς τέρᾰσῐ / τέρᾰσῐν toîs térasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέρᾰς tò téras	τὼ τέρᾰτε tṑ térate	τᾰ̀ τέρᾰτᾰ tà térata
Vocative	τέρᾰς téras	τέρᾰτε térate	τέρᾰτᾰ térata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

• τερᾰτολόγος (teratológos)

Descendants

• → English: teras
• Greek: τέρας (téras)

Further reading

• “τέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τέρας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τέρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• τέρας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τέρας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5059 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • freak idem, page 343.
  • marvel idem, page 515.
  • miracle idem, page 532.
  • monster idem, page 539.
  • monstrosity idem, page 539.
  • omen idem, page 572.
  • portent idem, page 627.
  • prodigy idem, page 644.
  • sign idem, page 774.
  • wonder idem, page 987.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras).

Noun

τέρας • (téras) n (plural τέρατα)

1. monster

Declension

declension of τέρας

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	τέρας •	τέρατα •
genitive	τέρατος •	τεράτων •
accusative	τέρας •	τέρατα •
vocative	τέρας •	τέρατα •