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τέρας , τό: gen. Ep. αος (not in Hom. or Hes.), Ion. εος Hdt.8.37: pl., nom. Ep.
A.τέρααOd.12.394, Ion. “τέρεαHdt. l.c., “τεράα^τα^D.P.604, Q.S.5.43; “τέρα_A.R.4.1410, but “τέρα^Nic.Th.186; τέρα (quantity not stated) Att.acc. to Moer.p.369 P., cf.Ar.Ra.1343; gen. Ep. “τεράωνIl.12.229, “τερέωνAlc.155; Att. τερῶν acc. to Moer.l.c., Thom.Mag.p.348 R.; dat. Ep. “τεράεσσιIl.4.398, al.; later “τέρασιLXX De.26.8, al.: the forms τέρατ-ος, -ι, -α, -ων are Hellenistic, Moer.pp.366,369 P., Thom.Mag.p.348 R. (“τέραταLXX Ex.4.21, al., τεράτων ib.Ps.104 (105).27); gen. sg. τέρως v.l. in Paus.10.26.3: lengthd. metri gr. “τείρεαIl.18.485 (= IG42(1).129.9), Arat.692, A.R. 3.1362; “τείρεσινh.Mart.7; later “τείρεσσιIG14.2461.11 (Massilia):— sign, wonder, marvel, portent, “ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ᾽ ἔφηνε τ. ΖεύςIl.2.324; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. Od.3.173; “τοῖσιν . . θεοὶ τέραα προὔφαινον12.394; “τέρας ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς21.415; Ζεὺς δ᾽ Ἔριδα προΐαλλε . . , πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, Il.11.4; esp. of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς . . , ναύτῃσι τ. 4.76; “ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε τ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων11.28, cf. 17.548; and with pass. Verbs, “τ. φανήτωOd.20.101:—so always when the first syll. is lengthd., v. supr.:—also in Prose, “ἢν δὲ χειμῶνος βροντὴ γένηται, ὡς τέρας θωμάζεταιHdt.4.28, cf. 6.98; “τ. πέμπεινX.Mem. 1.4.15; “ἐφάνηHdt.7.57; “ἐπιγίνεταί σφι τέρεαId.8.37, cf. Hes.Th. 744, Pi.O.13.73, etc.; freq. in NT, “σημεῖα καὶ τέραταEv.Marc.13.22, al.
II. in concrete sense, monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the Gorgon's head, Il.5.742; of a serpent, 12.209, h.Ap.302; δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, A.Pr.354; ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, S.Tr.1098; οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, E.Ph.806 (lyr.); ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. Id.Hipp. 1214, cf. 1247; “ὅλον τ. ὀπτήσας . . βασιλεῖ παρέθηκε κάμηλονAntiph. 172.7 (anap.), cf. Epicr.3.13; used by Cicero of Caesar, Att.8.9.4.
2. monstrous birth, monstrosity, Pl.Cra.393b, 394a, Aeschin.3.111, Arist.GA769b30, 773a3, Vett.Val.341.13; ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. A. Ch.548.
III. in colloquial language, “τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόνPl.Hp.Ma.283c, cf. Tht.163d; “τέρας λέγεις, εἰ . . Id.Men.91d; 'a marvel' of a cup, Theoc.1.56: pl., of incredible statements, Phld. Mus.p.74 K.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (44):
    • Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 111
    • Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 548
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 354
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 1343
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 1214
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 1247
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 806
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.28
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.98
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.57
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.37
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 744
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.324
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.398
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.229
    • Homer, Iliad, 17.548
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.742
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.394
    • Homer, Odyssey, 20.101
    • Homer, Odyssey, 21.415
    • Homer, Odyssey, 3.173
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 3 to Apollo, 302
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 8 to Ares, 7
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 26.8
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 4.21
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 104
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 105
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 27
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.26.3
    • Plato, Cratylus, 393b
    • Plato, Cratylus, 394a
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 163d
    • Plato, Meno, 91d
    • Plato, Greater Hippias, 283c
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 1098
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.4.15
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.28
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.4
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.209
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.485
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.76
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.1362
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.1410
    • New Testament, Mark, 13.22
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