- ταώς
- τᾰώς, or [full] τᾰῶς, ὁ, Ar.Av.102,269, Arist.HA488b24, al.; gen. ταώ orA
ταῶ Alex.100.14
, Inscr.Délos 290.4 (iii B.C.); acc. ταών orταῶν Eup. 36
: pl., nom.ταῴ Arist.HA564a31
;ταοί Menodot.
ap. Ath.14.655a; gen.ταῶν Antiph.205
; acc. ταώς orταῶς Id.175.5
:—but also nom. [full] ταών Aesop.397b; gen.ταῶνος Arist.HA559b29
, Gal.6.701, Gp.14.7.28; dat.ταῶνι Ar.Av.884
: pl., nom. ταῶνες v.l. in Arist.HA564a31; gen.ταώνων LXX 3 Ki.10.22
; dat.ταῶσι Ar.Ach.63
; acc.ταῶνας Com.Adesp.59
, Plu.Per.13:—the form ταός is non-existent acc. to Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. in Theod.1.284 H.:—peacock, Pavo cristatus, ll. cc.: metaph. of coxcombs, Ar.Ach. l.c., cf. Stratt.27, Luc.Nigr. 13.II name of a gem, Plin.HN37.187.III name of a fish, Philostr.VA3.1. (Acc. to Tryphoap.Ath.9.397e, the Athenians pronounced it with an aspirate, ταὧς λέγουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν τελευταίαν συλλαβὴν περισπῶντες καὶ δασύνοντες; the bird was a native of India (ταῶς ἐξ Ἰνδίας Luc. Nav.23
); hence ταὧς and Lat. pavus, pavo, perh. also Hebr. tukkîyîm 'peacocks', may be borrowed from the same oriental source.)
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