Tartarean, horrible
Tartarean, horrible, τάραγμα E. HF 907 (lyr.), cf. Luc. Philops. 24:—also Ταρτάρεος, Ath.Mitt. 19.369 (Bithynia); Ταρτάριος, Pherecyd.Syr. 5, Epic.Alex.Adesp. 7.5, Orph. H. 18.2.
The corpus record
Ταρτάρ-ειος
*tartareios
Tartarean, horrible
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