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τέρην

teren

tender

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 3 · 4.94/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

1. τέρην · terēn — Beekes

τέρην [adj.] ‘tender’ (Il., epic poet.). *VAR Fem. -etva, ntr. -ev. COMP As a first member in tepevd-xpwe ‘with tender skin’ (Anaxandr., Opp.). Comparative tepév-tepog (Antun.), τερενώ-τερος (Lyr. Adesp.), fem. TEPELVO-TEpN] eETYM An adjectival n-stem like Epony, ἄρσην, identical with Sabin. terenum ‘soft’ (ascribed to Favorinus by Macrobius [late 4" c. AD)]) save for the thematic vowel. … — [Beekes, s.v. τέρην, p. 1519]

2. τέρην · terēn — Chantraine

τέρην, τεράμων, τέρυς : I. τέρην, -εἰνα, -εν « tendre » ([Hom., poètes) ; composé τερενόχρως «à la peau tendre» (Anaxandr., Opp., etc.), dit de la peau, le mot étant pris en son sens propre, mais aussi de larmes, employé notamment chez les lyriques, de fleurs, de la jeunesse, etc., cf. Treu, Von Homer zur Lyrik 186. Comparatif repév-repos (Antim.), τερενώτερος (Lyr. Adesp.), ἴ. repetvorépn (AP) bâti sur le radical … — [Chantraine, s.v. τέρην, p. 1125]

3. τέρην · terēn — Frisk

τέρην, -eıra, -ev "zart” (ep. poet. seit Il.; Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 188ff.). Als Vorderglied in τερενό-χρως “mit zarter Haut’ (Anaxandr., Opp. u.a.). Steigerungsformen: τερέν-τερος (Antim.), τερενώ-τερος (Lyr. Adesp.), f. τερεινο-τέρη (AP); vgl. Leumann Mus. Helv. 2,9f. = Kl. Schr. 223f. — Bildung wie &oonv, ἄρσην und bis auf den thematischen Vokal mit sabin. terenum "molle’ identisch. Hierher noch lat. tener, … — [Frisk, s.v. τέρην, p. 1851]

4. τέρην · terēn — LSJ

soft, delicate, tender, that causes tender feelings, tereno, tenuis

soft, delicate, in Hom. mostly in neut., τέρεν δάκρυ Il. 3.142, al.; τέρενα φύλλα 13.180, Od. 12.357; τέρενʼ ἄνθεα ποίης 9.449, cf. Sapph. 54; τέρεν αἷμα Emp. 100.6; τ. δέμας ib. 11: metaph., τέρεν ἄνθος ἥβης Hes. Th. 988: masc. only in the phrase τέρενα χρόα, Il. 4.237, al., Hes. Op. 522, Th. 5: fem., γλήχωνι τερείνῃ h.Cer. 209; παρθένος τέρεινα Hippon. 90; παιδὶ τερείνῃ Thgn. 261; τέρειναν ματέρʼ οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν Pi. N. 5.6; poet. gen. τερένας ὀπώρας Alc. l.c.; τέρεινʼ ὀπώρα A. Supp. 998; μυρσί

In the wild

τέρεινʼ · tereinʼ Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 998
τέρεν · teren Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 66)
τέρεν · teren Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 66)
τέρεν · teren Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 68)
τερείνης · tereinēs Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 497)
τέρενα · terena Theogony 5–7

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τέρην (scan pp. 1519-1520; entry #6018).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τέρην (scan p. 1125; entry #7932).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέρην (scan p. 1851; entry #5607).

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