1. τέναγος · tenagos — Beekes
The corpus record
τένᾰγ-ος
tenagos
shallow water, shallow spot, shoal
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What it meant
2. τέναγος · tenagos — Chantraine
3. τέναγος · tenagos — Frisk
4. τένᾰγ-ος · tenag-os — LSJ
shoal-water, shallows, lagoon, whether in the sea or in rivers, Pi. N. 3.24; ἕλεά τε καὶ τ. Hdt. 1.202, cf. 7.176, 8.129, Th. 3.51, PPetr. 2p.17 (iii B.C.), etc.; φύεται [τὰ ὄστρεα] . . ἐν τοῖς τενάγεσι Arist. HA 548a1.
In the wild
- τενάγεα · tenagea Herodotus, Histories 1.202.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1445)
- τενάγεα · tenagea Herodotus, Histories 7.176.3 (DIORISIS sentence 8096)
- τέναγος · tenagos Herodotus, Histories 8.129.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9178)
- τενάγους · tenagous Thucydides, History 3.51.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2079)
- τέναγος · tenagos Xenophon, Anabasis 7.5.12 (DIORISIS sentence 3500)
Where it came from
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