τέρην: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εινᾰ, εν, gen. [[τέρενος]], [[είνης]], [[ενος]]; poet. fem. gen. [[τερένης]], Dor. and Aeol. <b class="b3">-ας</b>, <span class="bibl">Alc.61</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.430 (Crin.):—poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[soft]], [[delicate]], in Hom. mostly in neut., τέρεν δάκρυ <span class="bibl">Il.3.142</span>, al.; τέρενα φύλλα <span class="bibl">13.180</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.357</span>; τέρεν' ἄνθεα ποίης <span class="bibl">9.449</span>, cf. Sapph. 54; τέρεν αἷμα <span class="bibl">Emp.100.6</span>; <b class="b3">τ. δέμας</b> ib.''ΙΙ'': metaph., τέρεν ἄνθος ἥβης <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>988</span>: masc. only in the phrase <b class="b3">τέρενα χρόα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.237</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>522</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>5</span>: fem., γλήχωνι τερείνῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>209</span>; παρθένος τέρεινα <span class="bibl">Hippon.90</span>; παιδὶ τερείνῃ <span class="bibl">Thgn.261</span>; τέρειναν ματέρ' οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.6</span>; poet. gen. τερένας ὀπώρας Alc. l.c.; τέρειν' ὀπώρα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>998</span>; μυρσίναις τερείναις <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>30.1; τέρεινα δάφνα Ibyc. 6; <b class="b3">ὄψιν τέρειναν</b> a [[tender]] sight, i.e. one [[that causes tender feelings]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>905</span>: of sound, <b class="b3">τέρεν φθέγγεται</b> (sc. [[παῖς]]) <span class="bibl">Thgn.266</span>; τερένων ὑπ' αὐλῶν <span class="bibl">Anacr.20</span>: Comp. τερενώτερος <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>76; τερέντερος <span class="bibl">Antim.97</span>; τερεινότερος <span class="title">AP</span>5.120 (Phld.). (Cf. [[τέρυ]], Sabine [[tereno]]- 'soft', Lat. [[tenero]]- (prob. influenced by [[tenuis]]), Skt. [[táruṇas]] 'young, tender'.)</span>