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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)

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

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