1. τέρας · teras — Beekes
sign, emblem; wonder, monster
The corpus record
τέρας
teras
sign, emblem; wonder, monster
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
- Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 4 · 5.79/10k
- Acts 10 · 5.55/10k
- Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
- Deuteronomium 10 · 4.47/10k
- Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
- Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Helen 1 · 2.68/10k
- Exodus 6 · 2.53/10k
- Peace 2 · 2.51/10k
Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. τέρας · teras — Chantraine
n
3. τέρας · teras — Chantraine
1106 — Composés : τερασκόπος «qui interprète les prodiges » (Pi, Æsch
4. τέρας · teras — Frisk
αος und -εος (Hdt
5. τέρας · teras — LSJ
sign, wonder, marvel, portent
Attestations
- τέρας · teras Iliad 2.324
- τέρας · teras Iliad 4.76
- τεράεσσι · teraessi Iliad 4.398
- τεράεσσι · teraessi Iliad 4.408
- τέρας · teras Iliad 5.742
- τεράεσσι · teraessi Iliad 6.183
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1518-1519; entry #6014
Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.
- scan p. 1125; entry #7927 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1850; entry #5603 Review: Under source audit
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