τᾰκερός (takeros)

What it meant — LSJ

1. τᾰκερός · takeros

melting in the mouth, tender

melting in the mouth, tender, ἀκροκώλια Ar. Fr. 4, Hp. Mul. 2.169; σχελίδες τακερώταται Pherecr. 108.13; τακεροὺς ποιῆσαι τοὺς ἐρεβίνθους Id. 84, cf. Hp. Aff. 56, Gal. 6.498, al.; τακερὰ μηκάδων μέλη Antiph. 1.4; τ. ποιεῖν τὰ κρέα Dionys.Com. 3.7; τ. πόδες as food for invalids, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.95,98, 100.

2 melting, languishing, meltingly

metaph., melting, languishing, Ἔρως Anacr. 169; τακέρʼ ὄμμασι δερκόμενος Ibyc. 2; ὡς τακερὸν . . καὶ μαλακὸν τὸ βλέμμʼ ἔχει Philetaer. 5; τακεραῖς λεύσσουσα κόραις AP 9.567 (Antip.); τακερὸν βλέπεις βλέμμα Alciphr. 1.28; τ. τι ἐν τοῖς ὄμμασιν πάθος ἀνυγραίνων Luc. Am. 14. Adv. -ρῶς meltingly, of the nightingaleʼs song, ἑλίττειν τὸ μέλος Ael. NA 5.38.

II serving to dissolve, soft

Act., serving to dissolve, soft, ὕδατα ἕψειν ἄριστα καὶ -ώτατα Hp. Aër. 7.

2. τᾰκηρός · takēros

= τακερός, Dsc. 1.106.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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