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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes
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Full diacritics: τέραμνον Medium diacritics: τέραμνον Low diacritics: τέραμνον Capitals: ΤΕΡΑΜΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: téramnon Transliteration B: teramnon Transliteration C: teramnon Beta Code: te/ramnon

English (LSJ)

or τέρεμνον, τό, a word used esp. by E., but only in pl. and always (except once,

   A τέραμνά τ' οἴκων Hipp.418) in lyr. passages, chamber, house, like μέλαθρα, τ. ἀπὸ νυμφιδίων Hipp.768; παστάδων ὑπὲρ τ. Or.1371; Περγάμων . . καταίθεται τ. Tr.1296; ἐξ Ἀΐδα τεράμνων Alc.457; ἐπὶ Πυθίοις τ. Hipp.536; ὑπὲρ τέραμνα Ph. 333: dat. sg. τεράμνῳ Maiist.12: also in late Prose, τέρεμνα Artem. 2.10. [-εμνα Or.1371 codd. ALP, Ph.333 codd. VA, Hipp.418 codd. exc. L, which has -α-: Maiist. l.c. corroborates the spelling -αμνον.]
τέραμνον· ἁπαλόν, ἑψανόν, Phot., Suid.