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τα^κερός , ά, όν, (τα^κῆναι, τήκω)
A.melting in the mouth, tender, “ἀκροκώλιαAr.Fr.4, Hp.Mul.2.169; “σχελίδες τακερώταταιPherecr.108.13; “τακεροὺς ποιῆσαι τοὺς ἐρεβίνθουςId.84, cf. Hp.Aff.56, Gal.6.498, al.; “τακερὰ μηκάδων μέληAntiph.1.4; “τ. ποιεῖν τὰ κρέαDionys.Com. 3.7; τ. πόδες as food for invalids, Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus.58.95,98, 100.
2. metaph., melting, languishing, “ἜρωςAnacr.169; “τακέρ᾽ ὄμμασι δερκόμενοςIbyc.2; “ὡς τακερὸν . . καὶ μαλακὸν τὸ βλέμμ᾽ ἔχειPhiletaer.5; “τακεραῖς λεύσσουσα κόραιςAP9.567 (Antip.); “τακερὸν βλέπεις βλέμμαAlciphr.1.28; “τ. τι ἐν τοῖς ὄμμασιν πάθος ἀνυγραίνωνLuc.Am.14. Adv. -ρῶς meltingly, of the nightingale's song, “ἑλίττειν τὸ μέλοςAel.NA5.38.
II. Act., serving to dissolove, soft, “ὕδατα ἕψειν ἄριστα καὶ -ώταταHp.Aër.7.
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