Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταυρηδόν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταυρηδόν

Sense

  1. like a bull, savagely

Examples

  • οὐδὲ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἑνὸσ ἑκάστου θεωροῦσα ταυρηδὸν ἐπὶ τῶν βασάνων ὁρῶντασ τὸν ἑαυτῶν αἰκισμὸν καὶ τοὺσ μυκτῆρασ προσημειουμένουσ αὐτῶν τὸν θάνατον, οὐκ ἔκλαυσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:19)
  • ἔβλεψε γοῦν ταυρηδὸν ἐγκύψασ κάτω. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Episode 1:14)
  • καὶ ὃσ λαβὼν καὶ μάλα ἵλεωσ, ὦ Ἐχέκρατεσ, οὐδὲν τρέσασ οὐδὲ διαφθείρασ οὔτε τοῦ χρώματοσ οὔτε τοῦ προσώπου, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ εἰώθει ταυρηδὸν ὑποβλέψασ πρὸσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τί λέγεισ, ἔφη, περὶ τοῦδε τοῦ πώματοσ πρὸσ τὸ ἀποσπεῖσαί τινι; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 944:1)

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

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