Frisk compares ταργάναι (targánai), σαργάνη (sargánē) and even ταρσός (tarsós), but these comparisons are useless. Furnée compares δάρπη (dárpē), which would point to a Pre-Greek word. Has also been connected with Old Armenian թարփ (tʻarpʻ).
τάρπη • (tárpē) f (genitive τάρπης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τάρπη hē tárpē |
τὼ τάρπᾱ tṑ tárpā |
αἱ τάρπαι hai tárpai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τάρπης tês tárpēs |
τοῖν τάρπαιν toîn tárpain |
τῶν ταρπῶν tôn tarpôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τάρπῃ têi tárpēi |
τοῖν τάρπαιν toîn tárpain |
ταῖς τάρπαις taîs tárpais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τάρπην tḕn tárpēn |
τὼ τάρπᾱ tṑ tárpā |
τᾱ̀ς τάρπᾱς tā̀s tárpās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τάρπη tárpē |
τάρπᾱ tárpā |
τάρπαι tárpai | ||||||||||
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
τάρπη • (tárpē)