Τήρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *Tērēs (“combatant, competitor”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̌ː.rɛːs/ → /ˈti.ris/ → /ˈti.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛ̌ː.rɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte̝.re̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/

Proper noun

Τήρης • (Tḗrēs) m (genitive Τήρου); first declension

1. a male given name from Thracian: Teres

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Τήρης; τοῦ Τήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τήρης ho Tḗrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τήρου toû Tḗrou
Dative	τῷ Τήρῃ tôi Tḗrēi
Accusative	τὸν Τήρην tòn Tḗrēn
Vocative	Τήρη Tḗrē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Τήρης; τοῦ Τήρεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τήρης ho Tḗrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τήρεω / Τήρω toû Tḗreō / Tḗrō
Dative	τῷ Τήρῃ tôi Tḗrēi
Accusative	τὸν Τήρην tòn Tḗrēn
Vocative	Τήρη Tḗrē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Τήρης (Tíris)
• → Latin: Tērēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
• Τήρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette