τείρεα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like τέρας (téras, “sign, marvel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /těː.re.a/ → /ˈti.re.a/ → /ˈti.re.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /těː.re.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.re.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.re.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.re.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.re.a/

Noun

τείρεᾰ • (teírea) n pl (genitive τειρέων); third declension

1. (astronomy) stars or constellations

Declension

Third declension of τᾰ̀ τείρεᾰ; τῶν τειρέων (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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