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Words EVA t(ch)e(e)-
In this post, I will examine 17 words starting with t(ch)e(e)-:

1. tcheeos (1),
   
2. tcheey (6),
   
3. tcheol (6),
   
4. tcheor (3),
   
5. tcheos (2),
   
6. tchey (22),
   
7. teaiin (1),
   
8. tear (2),
   
9. teear (1),
   
10. teeol (5),
    
11. teeor (1),
    
12. teeos (2),
    
13. teey (20),
    
14. teol (15),
    
15. teols (1),
    
16. teos (1),
    
17. tey (10).
    

The word tear can be :

1. Βίας, proper noun, e.g. Βίας o Πριηνεύς – Bias, one of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century;
   
2. βίας, gen of βία – bodily strength, force; act of violence; in Att. law, rape; =Lat. vis;
   
3. βιᾶς, pres ind act 2nd sg (dor) of βιάω – constrain;
   
4. βιᾶς, fut ind act 2nd sg (dor) of βιάζω – constraint; make good, suffice to discharge a debt.
   

The words tchey and tey can have several meanings:

1. βέῃ, 2nd sg fut ind mid/ 3rd sg aor subj act of βαίνω – walk, step; go away, depart; come;
   
2. βέῃ, 2nd sg fut ind mp of βέομαι – subj. used as fut – I shall live;
   
3. βίη, Epic, Ionic of βία;
   
4. βίη, pres imperat act 2nd sg (dor)/ imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric, ionic) of βιάω;
   
5. βίης, pres ind act 2nd sg of βιάω;
   
6. βίος – life, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but mode of life; manner of living (mostly therefore of men, but also of animals; lifetime; livelihood, means of living; the world we live in, ‘the world’; settled life, almost, =abode; a life, biography; caste; wine made from partly dried unripe grapes; Astrol., the second region;
   
7. βῐός – a bow;
   
8. ϝέος (dor.), gen – of him, her, it;
   
9. for bias see tear.
   

For the words tcheor, tcheos, and teos, we can choose meanings from among βίος, βῐός and ϝέος.
The words tcheeos, teeor, and teeos can be equivalent to the words tcheor, tcheos and teos.
The word teaiin can be:

1. Βίων, proper noun, e.g. Βίων ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης – Bion of Abdera (c. 430 – 370 BC), a Greek mathematician and astronomer of Abdera, Thrace, and a pupil of Democritus. Strabo refers to him as an astrologer;
   
2. βιῶν, gen pl of βία;
   
3. βιῶν, gen pl of βίος;
   
4. βιῶν, gen pl of βῐός;
   
5. βιῶν, pres part act masc of βιάω;
   
6. βῐῶν, part pres masc of βιόω – live, pass one’s life (opp. ζάω, live, exist); survive.
   

The words tcheol, teol and teeol – βιοῖ :

1. pl of βίος;
   
2. pl of βιός;
   
3. pres opt act 3rd sg of βιάω;
   
4. pres ind act 3rd sg/ pres ind mp 2nd sg/ pres opt act 3rd sg of βιόω.
   

The word teols could be biois or bias:

1. βίοις, pl dat of βίος;
   
2. βιοῖς, pl dat of βιός;
   
3. βιοῖς, pres opt act 2nd sg of βιάω;
   
4. βιοῖς, pres ind/subj/ opt act 2nd sg of βιόω;
   
5. for bias see tear.
   

The word teear : βύας – eagle-owl, Strix bubo.
The words tcheey and teey : βύας. See also the words tchey and tey.