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ταυρόομαι

tauroomai

become savage as a bull

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Where it lives

  • Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k

What it meant — LSJ

become savage as a bull, take the form of a bull, cast savage glances

become savage as a bull, A. Ch. 275; take the form of a bull, E. Ba. 922; τ. ὄμμα τινί cast savage glances on one, Id. Med. 92.

2

Act., ταύρωσον· ταῦρον ποίησον, Hsch.

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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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