tero

See also Tero, and teró

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin terra (French terre, Spanish tierra)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtero/
• Hyphenation: te‧ro

Noun

tero (accusative teron)

1. (often capitalized) the planet Earth

   Ekologiistoj deziras konservi la naturajn rimedojn de la tero.

   Environmentalists desire to conserve the Earth's natural resources.

2. the earth's surface
   • 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     Eĉ el sub la tero aperas la vero.

     Even from underground, the truth appears.

3. solid ground, land (in contrast with the water)

Derived terms

• tera (“terrestrial”)
• terano (“Terran”)
• terglobuso (“terrestrial globe”)
• tertremo (“earthquake”)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). See also Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”), Danish dreje (“to turn”), Swedish dreja (“to turn”), Albanian dredh (“to turn, twist, tremble”).

Verb

present active terō, present infinitive terere, perfect active trīvī, supine trītum.

1. I rub or triturate
2. I wear away or wear out
3. I tread

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	terō	teris	terit	terimus	teritis	terunt
	future	teram	terēs	teret	terēmus	terētis	terent
	imperfect	terēbam	terēbās	terēbat	terēbāmus	terēbātis	terēbant
	perfect	trīvī	trīvistī	trīvit	trīvimus	trīvistis	trīvērunt
	future perfect	trīverō	trīveris	trīverit	trīverimus	trīveritis	trīverint
	pluperfect	trīveram	trīverās	trīverat	trīverāmus	trīverātis	trīverant
passive	present	teror	tereris	teritur	terimur	teriminī	teruntur
	future	terar	terēris	terētur	terēmur	terēminī	terentur
	imperfect	terēbar	terēbāris	terēbātur	terēbāmur	terēbāminī	terēbantur
	perfect	Use trītus m, trīta f, trītum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use trītus m, trīta f, trītum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use trītus m, trīta f, trītum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	teram	terās	terat	terāmus	terātis	terant
	imperfect	tererem	tererēs	tereret	tererēmus	tererētis	tererent
	perfect	trīverim	trīverīs	trīverit	trīverīmus	trīverītis	trīverint
	pluperfect	trīvissem	trīvissēs	trīvisset	trīvissēmus	trīvissētis	trīvissent
passive	present	terar	terāris	terātur	terāmur	terāminī	terantur
	imperfect	tererer	tererēris	tererētur	tererēmur	tererēminī	tererentur
	perfect	Use trītus m, trīta f, trītum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use trītus m, trīta f, trītum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	tere	teritō	teritō	terere	teritor	teritor
	plural	terite	teritōte	teruntō	teriminī	—	teruntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		terere	trīvisse	trītūrus esse	terī	trītus esse	trītum īrī
participles		terēns (terentis)	—	trītūrus-ra, -rum	—	trītus-a, -um	terendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• trīticum

References

• tero in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Noun

tero m (plural teros)

1. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) teruteru