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τάραξις

taraxis · ἡ

confusion, disorder of the bowels, irritation of the eye

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Where it lives

  • Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
  • Job 2 · 1.5/10k
  • Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
  • Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

confusion

= ταραγμός, confusion, τοῦ βίου Ar. Th. 137, cf. Ael. NA 9.49.

II disorder of the bowels

Medic., disorder of the bowels, Hp. Hum. 1.

2 irritation of the eye

irritation of the eye, Gal. 14.768, Aët. 7.3, Paul.Aeg. 3.22.

In the wild

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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