A.frame of wicker-work, crate, flat basket, for drying cheeses on, “ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον” Od.9.219, cf.Theoc.11.37: generally, basket, Ar.Nu.226.
2. mat of reeds, such as were built into brickwork to bind it together, “ταρσοὶ καλάμων” Hdt.1.179, SIG245 G13 (Delph., iv B.C.); “τ. καλάμου” Th.2.76.
3. mass of matted roots, Thphr.CP 3.7.2.
II. of various broad flat surfaces, resembling a “ταρσός” 1.1, as,
1. τ. ποδός flat of the foot. the part between the toes and the heel, Il.11.377,388, cf. Hdt.9.37, Hp.Fract.9, Diog.Apoll.6 (but also, palm of the hand, ibid.); “οὐλὴ ταρσῷ ἀριστερῷ” PMich.Teb. 121r111i3 (i A.D.): generally, foot, Anacreont.35.4, Opp.C.3.470, AP 5.26 (Rufin.), 9.653 (Agath.).
b. palm of the hand, Ruf.Onom. 81, Sor.Fract.22; v. supr.11.1a.
2. τοὺς τ. τῶν κωπέων the rows of oars on the sides of ships, Hdt.8.12; so τοὺς τ. alone, Th. 7.40: sg., IG22.1628.590, Plb.1.50.3; “ὁ δεξιὸς τ. τῆς νεώς” Id.16.3.12: sg., oar, E.IT1346.
3. τ. πτερύγων flat of the outstretched wing, AP12.144 (Mel.), cf. Babr.72.9; “ὁ τ. τῶν πτερῶν” Ael.NA2.1: abs., wing, Anacreont.9, AP9.287 (Apollonid.), etc.; in Prose, D.H.4.63: of a peacock's tail, Mosch.2.60; ταρσοί feathers, D.S.2.50.
4. τ. ὀδόντων the row of teeth in a saw, Opp.H.5.202.
5. Pan's pipe, “ταρσῷ Πὰν ὁ μελιζόμενος” Epigr.Gr.781.10 (Cnidus).
6. edge of the eyelid and its lashes, Hp.Ep.23, Poll.2.69, Gal.UP10.7.
