The corpus record

ταύρειος

taureios

of bulls, oxen

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Where it lives

Helen 4 · 4.09/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

ταύρ-ειος · taur-eios — LSJ

of bulls, oxen, cows

of bulls, oxen, or cows, φόνος A. Th. 44; κέρατα, αἷμα, S. Tr. 518 (lyr.), Fr. 178, Ar. Eq. 83; χολή Sor. 1.64, POxy. 234.45 (ii/iii A.D.), PHolm. 6.37, al.; στέαρ Sor. 2.14, Gal. 10.957; πούς E. Hel. 1555; ἀγέλαι Theoc. 27.71; βρίμας ταυρείους Orph. Fr. 79.

2 of bullʼs-hide

of bullʼs-hide, κυνέη, ἀσπίς, Il. 10.258, 13.161, etc.; ἱμάντες Onos. 10.4: cf. foreg. and ταύρεος.

In the wild

ταυρείου · taureiou Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 42–48
ταύρειος · taureios Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos.1555 (DIORISIS sentence 1011)
ταύρειον · taureion Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos.1560 (DIORISIS sentence 1013)
ταυρείου · taureiou Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1030)
ταυρείῳ · taureiōi Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1023)
ταυρείην · taureiēn Iliad 10.258

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Where it came from

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