ταώς
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ταώς. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ταώς, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ταώς in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ταώς you have here. The definition of the word ταώς will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofταώς, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier *ταϝώς (*tawṓs), of Pre-Greek origin; possibly from an Oriental source,perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “("peacock”))[1] or a Turkic source (compare Turkish tavuk (“hen”)). Cognates include Latin pāvus, pāvō, and perhaps Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.ɔ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /taˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /taˈos/
Noun
τᾰώς • (taṓs) m (genitive τᾰώ); second declension
- peacock
- type of fish
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τᾰώς ho taṓs |
τὼ τᾰώ tṑ taṓ |
οἱ τᾰῴ hoi taṓi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τᾰώ toû taṓ |
τοῖν τᾰῴν toîn taṓin |
τῶν τᾰών tôn taṓn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τᾰῴ tôi taṓi |
τοῖν τᾰῴν toîn taṓin |
τοῖς τᾰῴς toîs taṓis | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τᾰώ / τᾰών tòn taṓ(n) |
τὼ τᾰώ tṑ taṓ |
τοὺς τᾰώς toùs taṓs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τᾰώς taṓs |
τᾰώ taṓ |
τᾰῴ taṓi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1457
Further reading
- “ταώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ταώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ταώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs).
Noun
ταώς • (taós) m (uncountable) (archaic, obsolete)
- (astronomy) the constellation Pavo or the peacock
- peacock
Declension
Synonyms
- (peacock): παγώνι n (pagóni)
Further reading
ταώς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
