τείρεα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Like τέρας (téras, “sign, marvel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /těː.re.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈti.re.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈti.re.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈti.re.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.re.a/
Noun
τείρεᾰ • (teírea) n pl (genitive τειρέων); third declension
- (astronomy) stars or constellations
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τᾰ̀ τείρεᾰ tà teírea | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν τειρέων tôn teiréōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς τείρεσῐ / τείρεσῐν toîs teíresi(n) | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ τείρεᾰ tà teírea | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | τείρεᾰ teírea | ||||||||||||
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References
- “τεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τεῖρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τεῖρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τείρεα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τείρεα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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