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

  • ἔργα δὲ φωτῶν ἐσ ταχινὴν ἔρρει τοιάδε ληθεδόνα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 172)
  • Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡσ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινεσ παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεισ ἀπωλείασ, καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺσ δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι, ἐπάγοντεσ ἑαυτοῖσ ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν· (PETROU B, chapter 1 26:1)

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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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