Relationship with Sanskrit चायति (cāyati, “to observe, perceive”) and Proto-Slavic *čajati (“to wait, expect”) has been assumed, suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁y-. However, this is unsatisfactory, as Greek shows no trace of the root-final *-i-.
τηρός • (tērós) m (genitive τηροῦ); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τηρός ho tērós |
τὼ τηρώ tṑ tērṓ |
οἱ τηροί hoi tēroí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τηροῦ toû tēroû |
τοῖν τηροῖν toîn tēroîn |
τῶν τηρῶν tôn tērôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τηρῷ tôi tērôi |
τοῖν τηροῖν toîn tēroîn |
τοῖς τηροῖς toîs tēroîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τηρόν tòn tērón |
τὼ τηρώ tṑ tērṓ |
τοὺς τηρούς toùs tēroús | ||||||||||
Vocative | τηρέ tēré |
τηρώ tērṓ |
τηροί tēroí | ||||||||||
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