Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταχινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταχινός ταχινή ταχινόν

Structure: ταχιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for taxu/s, Theocr.

Sense

Examples

  • ἦ ῥά οἱ ἀλλᾷ ᾤχετ’ ἔχων ὅ τ’ Ἔρωσ ταχινὰσ φρένασ ἅ τ’ Ἀφροδίτα; (Theocritus, Idylls, 6)
  • καὶ γὰρ Ιὤν ὁρ́μῳ ἔνι κάππεσεν ἐσ δὲ κόλυμβον ναύτου τὰσ ταχινὰσ οἶνοσ ἔδησε χέρασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 822)
  • ἐκπέτασον ταχινὰσ εἰσ ἑτέρουσ πτέρυγασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 179 2:1)

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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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