The corpus record

τερᾰτ-εία

terateia · ἡ

talking marvels

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Where it lives

Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Panathenaicus 1 · 0.63/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

τερᾰτ-εία · terat-eia — LSJ

talking marvels

talking marvels, Ar. Nu. 318, Isoc. 12.1, Plb. 2.17.6; ‘fairy story’, Phld. Piet. 27 (pl.); ἡ ποιητικὴ τ. Jul. Or. 2.56d.

2 the knowledge of τέρατα

the knowledge of τέρατα, as part of the equipment of Pythagoras, Luc. Vit.Auct. 2.

In the wild

τερατείαν · terateian Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 265)
τερατείαν · terateian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1494)
τερατείας · terateias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 5453)
τερατείας · terateias Isocrates, Panathenaicus 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1)

Where it came from

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