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τεράστιος , ον,
A.monstrous, prodigious, ὡς τ. τι πεποιηκώς (Bernard. rightly ὥσπερ ἀστεῖόν τι) Thphr.Char.19.9; “τ. τι πάσχειςLuc. DMort.17.1; “τ. τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐφαίνετοId.Alex.16; “τ. σημεῖονEzek. Exag.91, cf. Sm.Nu.13.34(33), al.; “τ. ἔργονPh.1.544; τεράστιοι perh. = τερατουργοί in Rhetor. in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).148: Ζεὺς τ. the god of portents, Luc.Tim.41, Aristid.2.65 J., IG5(1).1154 (Gythium); δαίμονες τ. Hld.2.5: τὸ τ., = τέρας, J.AJ10.2.1; a monstrous birth, Paul.Aeg.3.76 (pl.). Adv. -ίως Eust.ad D.P.Proll.p.79 B.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 10.2.1
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 19.9
    • Lucian, Timon, 41
    • Lucian, Alexander, 16
    • Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 17.1
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