ταυροκαθάψια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) and κάθαψις (káthapsis), a rare abstract noun composed of κατα (kata, “across”) and ἅπτομαι (háptomai, “touch, reach”); thus, literally, "touching of the bull".

Noun

ταυροκαθάψια • (taurokathápsia) f

1. bull leaping - a Minoan sport in which athletes performed jumps over a bull, touching its back whilst passing.

References

• “ταυροκαθάψια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταυροκαθάψια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Further reading

• Bull leaping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia