ταώς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom an earlier *ταϝώς (*tawṓs), of Pre-Greek origin; possibly from an Oriental source,perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “("peacock”))[1] or a Turkic source (compare Turkish tavuk (“hen”)). Cognates include Latin pāvus, pāvō, and perhaps Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.ɔ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /taˈos/
Noun
editτᾰώς • (taṓs) m (genitive τᾰώ); second declension
- peacock
- type of fish
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τᾰώς ho taṓs |
τὼ τᾰώ tṑ taṓ |
οἱ τᾰῴ hoi taṓi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τᾰώ toû taṓ |
τοῖν τᾰῴν toîn taṓin |
τῶν τᾰών tôn taṓn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τᾰῴ tôi taṓi |
τοῖν τᾰῴν toîn taṓin |
τοῖς τᾰῴς toîs taṓis | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τᾰώ / τᾰών tòn taṓ(n) |
τὼ τᾰώ tṑ taṓ |
τοὺς τᾰώς toùs taṓs | ||||||||||
Vocative | τᾰώς taṓs |
τᾰώ taṓ |
τᾰῴ taṓi | ||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1457
Further reading
edit- “ταώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ταώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ταώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
editEtymology
editAncient Greek ταώς (taṓs).
Noun
editταώς • (taós) m (uncountable) (archaic, obsolete)
- (astronomy) the constellation Pavo or the peacock
- peacock
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- (peacock): παγώνι n (pagóni)
Further reading
edit- ταώς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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