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ταχινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχινός ταχινή ταχινόν

Structure: ταχιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for taxu/s, Theocr.

Sense

Examples

  • ἀπὸ πρωί̈θεν ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ μεταβάλλει καιρόσ, καὶ πάντα ἐστὶ ταχινὰ ἔναντι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:26)
  • " μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν ὑπωροφίοισι χελιδὼν ἄψορρον ταχινὰ πέτεται βίον ἄλλον ἀγείρειν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 42)

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

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