adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
teres
teres (genitive teretis, comparative teretior)
Classical[ˈtɛ.rɛs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː.res]
Meaning
- one terminationrounded
- one terminationpolished, smooth
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
rotundus, sine angulīsteres teretis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 20
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | teres | teres | teres |
| genitive | teretis | teretis | teretis |
| dative | teretī | teretī | teretī |
| accusative | teretem | teretem | teres |
| ablative | teretī terete | teretī terete | teretī terete |
| vocative | teres | teres | teres |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | teretēs | teretēs | teretia |
| genitive | teretium | teretium | teretium |
| dative | teretibus | teretibus | teretibus |
| accusative | teretīs teretēs | teretīs teretēs | teretia |
| ablative | teretibus | teretibus | teretibus |
| vocative | teretēs | teretēs | teretia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
- a fine, practised ear.
tĕrĕs, ĕtis, adj. tero; cf. Gr. τέρην, tender,
I. rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth, etc.:
teres est in longitudine rotundatum, quales asseres natura ministrat, Fest. p. 363 Müll. (class.; syn. rotundus). I. Lit.:
stipites, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: palus, Col. 4, 33, 4: trunci arborum, Verg. A. 6, 207: oliva, id. E. 8, 16: virga, Ov. M. 2, 135: fusus, id. ib. 6, 22: hastile, Liv. 21, 8, 10: mucro, Verg. A. 7, 665: lapillus, Ov. M. 10, 260: (fundae) habena, Verg. A. 11, 579.—Of parts of the body: cervix, round, slender, Lucr. 1, 35, Verg. A. 8, 633; so, collum, Ov. M. 10, 113: brachiolum, Cat. 61, 181. surae, Hor. C. 2, 4, 21, Ov. M. 11, 80: membra, Suet. Caes. 45: digiti, Ov. A. A. 1, 622, hence, of the form: puer, Hor. Epod. 11, 28.—Of other objects: plagae, tightly twisted, firmly woven, Hor. C. 1, 1, 28 strophium, Cat. 64, 65: zona, Ov. F. 2, 320: gemma, Verg. A. 5, 313: iaspis, Claud Rapt. Pros. 2, 40: catena, Luc. 3, 565: filum, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80: mitra, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185: coma, curling, curly, Varr. ap Non. 328, 12.—II. Trop., in gen., smooth, polished, elegani:
(sapiens) teres atque rotundus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, imitated by Aus. Idyll. 16, 4: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27: teretes aures intellegensque judicium, id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11: vox in disputationibus, smooth, without impediment, Quint. 11, 3, 64: oratio plena, sed tamen teres, rounded off, polished, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199: Ciceroni mollius teretiusque visum est, fretu scribere quam freto, Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Sup. and adv. seem not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
teres etis, adj.
1 TER-, rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth : stipites, Cs.: oliva, V.: fusus, O.: hastile, L.: mucro, V.: cervix, rounded , V.: puer, a graceful figure , H.: plagae, tightly twisted , H.: zona, neat , O.: gemma, becoming , V.—Fig., finished, complete, smooth, polished : (sapiens) in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus, H.: Atticorum aures: oratio, polished .
Origins
From terō (“grind, rub”).
Descendants
- Englishterete
- Italianterete
- Portugueseterete
- Spanishterete