teres

See also: térés

English

Etymology

From Latin teres (“rounded”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəs/ (more etymological)
IPA^(key): /ˈtiːɹiːs/ (less etymological)

Noun

teres (plural teretes)

(anatomy) A terete muscle.

Derived terms

pronator teres

Anagrams

Ester, Reset, Steer, Trees, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, terse, trees

Galician

Verb

teres

second-person singular personal infinitive of ter

Latin

Etymology

From terō (“grind, rub”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.res/, [ˈt̪ɛrɛs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.res/, [ˈt̪ɛːres]

Adjective

teres (genitive teretis); third-declension one-termination adjective

rounded
polished, smooth

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	teres		teretēs	teretia
genitive	teretis		teretium
dative	teretī		teretibus
accusative	teretem	teres	teretēs	teretia
ablative	teretī		teretibus
vocative	teres		teretēs	teretia

Related terms

terō

Descendants

→ English: terete
→ Italian: terete
→ Portuguese: terete
→ Spanish: terete

References

“teres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“teres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
teres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
teres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
“teres”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
“teres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“teres”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Noun

teres

plural of teer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾɨʃ/

Hyphenation: te‧res

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teres

second-person singular personal infinitive of ter

Etymology 2

Noun

teres m (invariable)

Alternative form of tereré