The corpus record

ταρφύς

tarphus

thick, close

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

ταρφ-ύς · tarph-ys — LSJ

thick, close, ofttimes, often

thick, close, θρίξ A. Th. l.c.; ταρφέος ἐχέτλης Orac. ap. Luc. JTr. 31: Hom. only uses the pl., ταρφέες ἰοί Il. 11.387, Od. 22.246; ταρφέας ἰούς Il. 15.472; ταρφέες κεραυνοί Hes. Th. 693; ταρφέα δράγματα Il. 11.69: neut. pl. ταρφέα as Adv., ofttimes, often, 12.47, 13.718, 22.142, Od. 8.379: regul. Adv. ταρφέως B. 12.86:—Hom. also has a fem. nom. ταρφειαί and acc. ταρφειάς, so accented by Aristarch. and found in most codd., ταρφειαὶ νιφάδες, κόρυθες, Il. 19.357, 359; ταρφειὰς [νιφάδας] 12.158; τα

In the wild

ταρφύς · tarphys Aeschylus, Persians 924–927
ταρφὺς · tarphys Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 534–535
ταρφέες · tarphees Theogony 690–692
ταρφέες · tarphees Iliad 11.387
ταρφέα · tarphea Iliad 11.69
ταρφέα · tarphea Iliad 12.47

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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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