τηρέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τηρός (tērós, “a guard”) +‎ -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛː.ré.ɔː/ → /tiˈre.o/ → /tiˈre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɛː.ré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te̝ˈre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈre.o/

Verb

τηρέω • (tēréō)

1. to watch over, take care of, guard
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.161
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 210
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 6.1
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 579
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 22.15.2
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 17.15
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.13
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.30
   1. to take care that
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.9.5
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.8.2
      • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 146
      • 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 580
      • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 169C
      • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 276
      • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 372
      • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1386
2. to have an eye upon, give heed to, watch, observe
   • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1145
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.60
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 146
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 442A
   1. to watch for
      • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 808
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.134
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.2
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nicostratus 17
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 278
      • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 946
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.65
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.22
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 103
      • 350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 2.12.3
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.5.8
      • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 126.35
   2. (absolute) to watch, keep watch
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 9.6.4
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.39.4
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.26
      • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 117.14
3. to observe or keep an engagement
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 6D
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 189.37
   • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 89

Inflection

   Present: τηρέω, τηρέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τηρέω	τηρέεις	τηρέει	τηρέετον	τηρέετον	τηρέομεν	τηρέετε	τηρέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τηρέω	τηρέῃς	τηρέῃ	τηρέητον	τηρέητον	τηρέωμεν	τηρέητε	τηρέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	τηρέοιμῐ	τηρέοις	τηρέοι	τηρέοιτον	τηρεοίτην	τηρέοιμεν	τηρέοιτε	τηρέοιεν
	imperative		τήρεε	τηρεέτω	τηρέετον	τηρεέτων		τηρέετε	τηρεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τηρέομαι	τηρέῃ, τηρέει	τηρέεται	τηρέεσθον	τηρέεσθον	τηρεόμεθᾰ	τηρέεσθε	τηρέονται
	subjunctive	τηρέωμαι	τηρέῃ	τηρέηται	τηρέησθον	τηρέησθον	τηρεώμεθᾰ	τηρέησθε	τηρέωνται
	optative	τηρεοίμην	τηρέοιο	τηρέοιτο	τηρέοισθον	τηρεοίσθην	τηρεοίμεθᾰ	τηρέοισθε	τηρέοιντο
	imperative		τηρέου	τηρεέσθω	τηρέεσθον	τηρεέσθων		τηρέεσθε	τηρεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τηρέειν				τηρέεσθαι
participle	m	τηρέων				τηρεόμενος
	f	τηρέουσᾰ				τηρεομένη
	n	τηρέον				τηρεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: τηρῶ, τηροῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	τηρῶ	τηρεῖς	τηρεῖ	τηρεῖτον	τηρεῖτον	τηροῦμεν	τηρεῖτε	τηροῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	τηρῶ	τηρῇς	τηρῇ	τηρῆτον	τηρῆτον	τηρῶμεν	τηρῆτε	τηρῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	τηροίην, τηροῖμῐ	τηροίης, τηροῖς	τηροίη, τηροῖ	τηροῖτον, τηροίητον	τηροίτην, τηροιήτην	τηροῖμεν, τηροίημεν	τηροῖτε, τηροίητε	τηροῖεν, τηροίησᾰν
	imperative		τήρει	τηρείτω	τηρεῖτον	τηρείτων		τηρεῖτε	τηρούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	τηροῦμαι	τηρεῖ, τηρῇ	τηρεῖται	τηρεῖσθον	τηρεῖσθον	τηρούμεθᾰ	τηρεῖσθε	τηροῦνται
	subjunctive	τηρῶμαι	τηρῇ	τηρῆται	τηρῆσθον	τηρῆσθον	τηρώμεθᾰ	τηρῆσθε	τηρῶνται
	optative	τηροίμην	τηροῖο	τηροῖτο	τηροῖσθον	τηροίσθην	τηροίμεθᾰ	τηροῖσθε	τηροῖντο
	imperative		τηροῦ	τηρείσθω	τηρεῖσθον	τηρείσθων		τηρεῖσθε	τηρείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		τηρεῖν				τηρεῖσθαι
participle	m	τηρῶν				τηρούμενος
	f	τηροῦσᾰ				τηρουμένη
	n	τηροῦν				τηρούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “τηρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τηρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τηρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τηρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5083 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible