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ταναός

tanaos

thin, narrow, outstretched, expanding widely, long, high

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Where it lives

Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ταναός · tanaos

ταναός [adj.] ‘thin, narrow, outstretched, expanding widely, long, high’ (epic poet. since P 589). 41Ὲ *tnh,-eu- ‘thin’> *VAR Myc. ta-na-wa (of wheels). *ComP As a first member in ταναό-δειρος ‘with a narrow or outstretched neck’, of οἰωνοί (Ar.), often with elision of the -o-, e.g. τανα-ήκης ‘with a long point, edge’, of weapons (Hom.., ‘lofty’, of rushes, mountains (Opp., Orph.; cf. on Akh), also Tavavnoda epithet … — [Beekes, s.v. ταναός, p. 1499]

2. ταναός · tanaos

ταναός “dünn, schmal, langgestreckt, sich weit ausdehnend, lang, hoch’ (ep. poet. seit 17 589); ganz fraglich myk. ta-nawa (von Rädern). Als Vorderglied in ταναό-δειρος "mit schmalem od. langgestrecktem Hals’, von. οἰωνοί (Ar.), öfter mit Elision des -o-, z.B. τανα-ἤκης "mit langer Spitze, Schneide’, von Waffen (Hom.), ‘hochragend’, von Binsen, Bergen (Opp., Orph.; vgl. zu 7x7), auch ravad-noda Beiw. der μῆλα … — [Frisk, s.v. ταναός, p. 1823]

3. τᾰνᾰός · tanaos

outstretched, tall, taper, long flowing, outspread, long, loud

outstretched, tall, taper, αἰγανέη Il. l.c.; ἀστάχυες h.Cer. 454; πῦρ . . , ὅσον -ώτερον ἦεν Emp. 84.11, cf. ib. 5; πλόκαμος τ. long flowing locks, E. Ba. 455, cf. 831; τ. αἰθήρ outspread ether, Id. Or. 322 (lyr.), Men. Sam. 111; ἀήρ Q.S. 1.681; τ. γῆρας long old age, AP 5.281 (Agath.), cf. 11.389 (Lucill.); ὄρνις Opp. C. 1.51; ταναῇ ὀπί with loud voice, Q.S. 12.58; τ. χείλεα, of a gadfly, Id. 11.209.

In the wild

ταναώτερον · tanaōteron Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 29)
ταναώτερον · tanaōteron Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 29)
ταναός · tanaos Euripides, Bacchae 455–456
ταναὸν · tanaon Euripides, Bacchae 831
ταναὸν · tanaon Euripides, Orestes 1 (DIORISIS sentence 204)
ταναοῖο · tanaoio Iliad 16.589

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ταναός (scan p. 1499; entry #5957). Root candidates: *ten-, *tanauio-, *tnu-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ταναός (scan p. 1823; entry #5544). Root candidates: *tanauo-.

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