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ταλαύρινος

talaurinos

bearing a shield of bullʼs-hide

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bearing a shield of bullʼs-hide, thick tough, toughly, stoutly, as a bearer of a bullʼs-hide shield

bearing a shield of bullʼs-hide, epith. of Ares, τ. πολεμιστής Il. 5.289, 20.78, etc.; so of Πόλεμος, Ar. Pax 241; and, jokingly, of Lamachus, Id. Ach. 964; τ. χρώς a thick tough hide, AP 7.208 (Anyte): neut. as Adv., ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν to fight toughly, stoutly, Il. 7.239 (or masc., to fight as a bearer of a bullʼs-hide shield).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ταλαύρινος (scan p. 1498; entry #5952).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ταλαύρινος (scan p. 1109; entry #7836).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ταλαύρινος (scan p. 1630; entry #4980). Root candidates: *ure-.

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