Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταυρόμορφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταυρόμορφος ταυρόμορφον

Structure: ταυρομορφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: morfh/

Sense

  1. bull-formed

Examples

  • ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄμμα Κηφισοῦ πατρόσ, οἱάν ἔχιδναν τήνδ’ ἔφυσασ ἢ πυρὸσ δράκοντ’ ἀναβλέποντα φοινίαν φλόγα, ᾗ τόλμα πᾶσ’ ἔνεστιν, οὐδ’ ἥσσων ἔφυ Γοργοῦσ σταλαγμῶν, οἷσ ἔμελλέ με κτενεῖν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics1)
  • ἐν δὲ Κυζίκῳ καὶ ταυρόμορφοσ ἵδρυται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 513)

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

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