teres

See also: térés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin teres (“rounded”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

teres (plural teretes)

1. (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

1. second-person singular personal infinitive of ter

Latin

Etymology

From terō (“grind, rub”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.rɛs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.res]

Adjective

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

1. rounded
2. polished, smooth

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

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

1. plural of teer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾis/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾɨʃ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: te‧res

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teres

1. second-person singular personal infinitive of ter

Etymology 2

Noun

teres m (invariable)

1. alternative form of tereré

Further reading

• “teres”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “teres”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026