τερᾰτ-ώδης,ες,
A. portentous, prodigious, Ar. Nu. 364 ;σοφία τ. X. Ep. 1 ; also of men, τ. εἰς σοφίαν
Pl. Euthd. 296e
; τὸ τερατῶδες
Arist. Po. 1453b9
; τ. ἀναπλασμοί
Metrod. Herc. 831.5
, cf. Jul. Or. 7.206c .
II. monstrous, of strange births ( τέρας
11.2
), Arist. GA 772a36 , al., Sor. 2.55 ;τὰ τ. Phld. Sign. 7 ;τ. ζῴδια, viz. Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.166 : Sup. , -ωδεστάτη ὄψις
Ph. 2.99
, cf. Phld. Mort. 38 .Adv. -δῶς, opp.κατὰ φύσιν, Arist. HA 496b18 , cf. D.S. 1.26 .