Τηρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Thracian origin

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.rěu̯s/ → /tiˈreɸs/ → /tiˈrefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.rěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈrews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈreɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈrefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈrefs/

Proper noun

Τηρεύς • (Tēreús) m (genitive Τηρέως); third declension

1. Tereus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τηρεύς; τοῦ Τηρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τηρεύς ho Tēreús
Genitive	τοῦ Τηρέως toû Tēréōs
Dative	τῷ Τηρεῖ tôi Tēreî
Accusative	τὸν Τηρέᾱ tòn Tēréā
Vocative	Τηρεῦ Tēreû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Τηρεύς; Τηρῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Τηρεύς Tēreús
Genitive	Τηρῆος / Τηρέος Tērêos / Tēréos
Dative	Τηρῆῐ̈ / Τηρέῐ̈ Tērêï / Tēréï
Accusative	Τηρῆᾰ / Τηρέᾰ Tērêa / Tēréa
Vocative	Τηρεῦ Tēreû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Τηρεύς (Tiréfs)
• → Latin: Tēreus

Further reading

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