II. in concrete sense,monster,Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the Gorgon 's head, Il. 5.742 ; of a serpent, 12.209 , h.Ap. 302 ;δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, A. Pr. 354 ;ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, S. Tr. 1098 ;οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, E. Ph. 806 (lyr.);ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. Id. Hipp. 1214 , cf. 1247 ; ὅλον τ. ὀπτήσας . . βασιλεῖ παρέθηκε κάμηλον
Antiph. 172.7
(anap.), cf. Epicr. 3.13 ; used by Cicero of Caesar, Att. 8.9.4 .
2. monstrous birth, monstrosity, Pl. Cra. 393b , 394a , Aeschin. 3.111 , Arist. GA 769b30 , 773a3 , Vett.Val. 341.13 ;ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. A. Ch. 548 .
III. in colloquial language, τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόν
Pl. Hp.Ma. 283c
, cf. Tht. 163d ; τέρας λέγεις, εἰ . .
Id. Men. 91d
; 'a marvel' of a cup, Theoc. 1.56 : pl., of incredible statements, Phld. Mus. p.74 K.