proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Tēre͡us
Tēre͡us m sg (genitive Tēreī)
Classical[ˈteː.rɛu̯s]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː.reu̯s]
Meaning
- GreekTereus (a king of Thrace; husband of Procne)
Ipse sedens solio Tereus sublimis avito / vescitur inque suam sua viscera congerit alvum.
He himself, sitting [in] the ancestral chair, lofty Tereus, eats and lavishes his own stomach [with] his own flesh.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 4.15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tēreus | — |
| genitive | Tēreī | — |
| dative | Tēreō | — |
| accusative | Tēreum | — |
| ablative | Tēreō | — |
| vocative | Tēree | — |
Tēreus, ĕi or ĕos, m., = Τηρεύς.
I. A king of Thrace, husband of Procne, the sister of Philomela, whom he violated, Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. F. 2, 629; id. M. 6, 497, 6. 615; 6, 635; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—Hence, Tērĕĭdes, ae, m., the offspring of Tereus, i. e. his son Itys, Ov. Ib. 436.—
II. The name of a tragedy by Attius, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3; 16, 5, 1.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τηρεύς (Tēreús).
Descendants
- EnglishTereus
- FrenchTérée
- ItalianTereo