ταρσός

ταρσ-ός, [dialect] Att. [full] ταρρός, ὁ: also with heterocl. pl. ταρσά, τά, Opp. C.3.470, Anacreont.9, APl.4.283 (Leont.), Nonn.D.1.270, al.: ([etym.] τέρσομαι) :—

A frame of wicker-work, crate, flat basket, for drying cheeses on,

ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον Od.9.219

, cf.Theoc.11.37: generally, basket, Ar.Nu.226.

2 mat of reeds, such as were built into brickwork to bind it together,

ταρσοὶ καλάμων Hdt.1.179

, SIG245 G13 (Delph., iv B.C.);

τ. καλάμου Th.2.76

.

3 mass of matted roots, Thphr.CP 3.7.2.

II of various broad flat surfaces, resembling a

ταρσός 1.1

, as,

1 τ. ποδός flat of the foot. the part between the toes and the heel, Il.11.377,388, cf. Hdt.9.37, Hp.Fract.9, Diog.Apoll.6 (but also, palm of the hand, ibid.);

οὐλὴ ταρσῷ ἀριστερῷ PMich.Teb. 121r111

i3 (i A.D.): generally, foot, Anacreont.35.4, Opp.C.3.470, AP 5.26 (Rufin.), 9.653 (Agath.).

b palm of the hand, Ruf.Onom. 81, Sor.Fract.22; v. supr.11.1a.

c ankle, Gal.UP3.6; but distd. from σφυρόν, Sor.1.84.

2 τοὺς τ. τῶν κωπέων the rows of oars on the sides of ships, Hdt.8.12; so τοὺς τ. alone, Th. 7.40: sg., IG22.1628.590, Plb.1.50.3;

ὁ δεξιὸς τ. τῆς νεώς Id.16.3.12

: sg., oar, E.IT1346.

3 τ. πτερύγων flat of the outstretched wing, AP12.144 (Mel.), cf. Babr.72.9;

ὁ τ. τῶν πτερῶν Ael.NA2.1

: abs., wing, Anacreont.9, AP9.287 (Apollonid.), etc.; in Prose, D.H.4.63: of a peacock's tail, Mosch.2.60; ταρσοί feathers, D.S.2.50.

4 τ. ὀδόντων the row of teeth in a saw, Opp.H.5.202.

5 Pan's pipe,

ταρσῷ Πὰν ὁ μελιζόμενος Epigr.Gr.781.10

([place name] Cnidus).

6 edge of the eyelid and its lashes, Hp.Ep.23, Poll.2.69, Gal.UP10.7.