"ταώς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ταώς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ta.ɔ̌ːs/, /taˈos/, /taˈos/, /ta.ɔ̌ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /taˈos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /taˈos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /taˈos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /taˈos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From an earlier *ταϝώς (*tawṓs), of Pre-Greek origin; possibly from an Oriental source, perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “("peacock”)) or a Turkic source (compare Turkish tavuk (“hen”)). Cognates include Latin pāvus, pāvō, and perhaps Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{der|grc|dra|-}} Dravidian, {{cog|ta|தோகை|t=("peacock}} Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “("peacock”), {{der|grc|trk|-}} Turkic, {{cog|tr|tavuk||hen}} Turkish tavuk (“hen”), {{cog|la|pāvus}} Latin pāvus, {{cog|he|טַוָּס|tr=ṭawwā́s}} Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), {{cog|arc|טַוסָא|tr=ṭawsā}} Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), {{cog|ar|طَاوُوس}} Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τᾰώ|m|second|head=τᾰώς}} τᾰώς • (tăṓs) m (genitive τᾰώ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τᾰώς|τᾰώ}} Forms: τᾰώς [canonical], tăṓs [romanization], τᾰώ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ τᾰώς [nominative, singular], τὼ τᾰώ [dual, nominative], οἱ τᾰῴ [nominative, plural], τοῦ τᾰώ [genitive, singular], τοῖν τᾰῴν [dual, genitive], τῶν τᾰών [genitive, plural], τῷ τᾰῴ [dative, singular], τοῖν τᾰῴν [dative, dual], τοῖς τᾰῴς [dative, plural], τὸν τᾰώ [accusative, singular], τᾰών [accusative, singular], tòn tăṓ [accusative, singular], tòn tăṓn [accusative, singular], τὼ τᾰώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς τᾰώς [accusative, plural], τᾰώς [singular, vocative], τᾰώ [dual, vocative], τᾰῴ [plural, vocative], τᾰῶς [alternative], τᾰών [alternative], τᾰὧς [alternative]
  1. peacock Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-ταώς-grc-noun-oJXHcT4z Disambiguation of Fowls: 93 7 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 78 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 5 35 20
  2. type of fish
    Sense id: en-ταώς-grc-noun-JZGDFote
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  "word": "ταώς"
}

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