τέρας
τέρας
a sign, wonder, marvel, Lat. portentum, prodigium, Hom.; esp. of signs in heaven, Il. (cf. τεῖρος) , etc.
in concrete sense, a monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the Gorgonʼs head, Il.; of a serpent, Il.; of Typhoeus, Aesch.; of Cerberus, Soph.