Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταλαύρινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταλαύρινος ταλαύρινον

Structure: ταλαυριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Tla/w, r(ino/s

Sense

  1. with shield of tough bull's-hide, thick tough, toughly, stoutly

Examples

  • ὁ δεινόσ, ὁ ταλαύρινοσ, ὃσ τὴν Γοργόνα πάλλει κραδαίνων τρισὶ κατάσκιοσ λόφοισ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode7)
  • ἆρ’ οὗτόσ ἐστ’ ἐκεῖνοσ ὃν καὶ φεύγομεν, ὁ δεινόσ, ὁ ταλαύρινοσ, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν; (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests 2:33)
  • μέλαν δέ οἱ αἷμα ταλαυρίνου διὰ χρωτὸσ ζέσσ1’, ἐπὶ δ’ ἀργαλέᾳ βῶλον ἔδευσε φονᾷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2082)
  • ἀτὰρ οὐ μὲν σφῶί̈ γ’ ὀί̈ω πρίν γ’ ἀποπαύσεσθαι πρίν γ’ ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα αἵματοσ ἆσαι Ἄρηα, ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 33:3)
  • οἶδ’ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ’ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν ἀζαλέην, τό μοι ἔστι ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 22:4)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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