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ταΰς

taus

haying furthered, having enlarged

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What it meant

1. ταῦς · taus — Beekes

ταῦς [adj.} - μέγας, πολύς (H.). <1E2> *DER tavoac μεγαλύνας, πλεονάσας ‘haying furthered, having enlarged’ (H.) (presupposes *taitw). *ETYM Formation like παχύς, ταχύς, etc. Indo-Iranian has an s-stem in Av. tauuah- [n.] ‘might, power’, Skt. tavds- ‘strong, powerful, active’, and a primary verb Skt. taviti ‘to be strong, have power’ (from *teuh,-). Greek cognates of this root are » σῶς and (possibly) » σωρός. … — [Beekes, s.v. ταῦς, p. 1507]

2. ταῦς · taus — Frisk

ταῦς" μέγας, πολύς, ταῦσας" μεγαλύνας, πλεονάσας H. (*radlw). — Bildung wie παχύς, ταχύς u.a. Ein entsprechender s-Stamm kann in aw. tawah- τι. “Macht, Kraft’ und in aind. tavds- ‘stark, kraftvoll, tatkräftig’ vorliegen; primäres Verb aind. taviti "stark sein, Macht haben’. Hierher noch mit korrespondierendem r-Suffix ταῦρος (8. d.)? Weitere Verwandte 5. τύλῃ, τύμβος; zu beachten auch σωρός, σῶς. — Über die ganz … — [Frisk, s.v. ταῦς, p. 1833]

3. ταΰς · taus — LSJ

= μέγας, πολύς, and ταΰσας· μεγαλύνας, πλεονάσας, Hsch.:— hence Madvig restored κεκτημένος ταῢ χρυσίον (for τʼ αὖ πολὺ χρ.) in Poet. ap. Pl. Tht. 175c--πολύ (which is absent in codd. BT, though added by a later hand in T and found (without τʼ αὖ or ταῢ) in the citation by Iamb. Protr. 14) being a gloss.

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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