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τα^ράσσω , Pi.O.2.63, etc.; Att. τα^ράξ-ττω Ar.Eq.902; also θράσσω (q.v.): fut. ταράξω ib.358, etc.: aor.
A.ἐτάραξαOd.5.291, (συν-) Il.1.579, 8.86: plpf. “συν-ετεταράχειD.C.42.36: Ep. pf. in pass. sense τέτρηχα (v. infr. 111):—Pass., fut. “ταραχθήσομαιMen.858 (prob.), Epict.Ench.3, etc.; Med. ταράξομαι in pass. sense, Th.7.36, X. Cyr.6.1.43: aor. “ἐταράχθηνAr.Nu.386 (anap.), etc.: pf. τετάραγμαι ib.388 (anap.), etc.:—stir, trouble, in a physical sense, σύναγεν νεφέλας ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον [Ποσειδῶν] Od.5.291; “κύμασιν ταράσσεται πόντοςArchil.54, cf. Sol.54; “τ. πέλαγος ἁλόςE.Tr.88, cf. 692; “ὁμοῦ τ. τήν τε γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν εἰκῇAr.Eq.431; “τ. καὶ κυκᾶνId.Ach.688 (troch.), Eq.251 (troch.); οὐ χθόνα ταράσσοντες troubling not the earth (by ploughing), Pi. l.c.; “βροντήμασι . . κυκάτω πάντα καὶ ταρασσέτωA.Pr.994; τ. φάρμακον perh. mix, Luc.Lex.4, cf. Amips. 18: metaph., φωνὰν ταρασσέμεν to wag the tongue, Pi.P.11.42; πάντα τ., of a speaker, jumble up, D.19.93; “τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων διδασκαλίανGal.15.185.
3. of an army, etc., throw into disorder, Hdt.4.125, 9.51, etc.; “ἐτάρασσον τοὺς ταρσοὺς τῶν κωπέωνId.8.12:—Pass., to be in disorder, Id.4.125,129, 8.16, Th.4.25, X.Cyr.2.1.27, etc.; ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τ. Th.7.67.
b. metaph., rout or upset, κριτήριον τ. Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.38 (perh. variant of Epicur.Sent. 24):—Pass., “λόγου ταραχθέντοςPhld.Rh.1.136 S.; “εἰ τὰ σημεῖα ταραχθείηGal.6.262.
4. τ. τὴν γαστέρα cause relaxation of the bowels, of purges, Hp.Nat.Mul.12, cf. Acut.56, Arist.Pr. 864b23, Gal.15.667:—Pass., “ἐταράχθης τὴν γαστέραAr.Nu.386 (anap.); “τὸ πνεῦμαGal.15.903; more generally, “τεταραγμένον σῶμαSor.1.105.
5. freq. of political agitation, “τ. τὴν πόλινAr.Eq. 867; τὰ πράγματα ib.214:—Pass., to be in a state of disorder or anarchy, ἐν ἀλλήλοις τ. Th.2.65, cf. D.2.14, Ptol.Tetr.164.
6. ταράττεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων to be shaken in one's seat on horseback, X. Cyr.5.2.17.
7. Math., τεταραγμένη ἀναλογία disturbed proportion, Euc.5Def.18, Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.4.
III. exc. in the places mentioned, Hom. uses only intr. pf. τέτρηχα, to be in disorder or confusion, be in an uproar, “τετρήχει δ᾽ ἀγορήIl.2.95; “ἀγορὴ τετρηχυῖα7.346; so “τετρηχυῖα θάλασσαAP7.283 (Leon.); “τετρηχότος οἴδματοςA.R.1.1167; “τετρηχότα βῶλονId.3.1393; “τετρηχότι νώτῳNic.Th.267; but ἐκ σέθεν . . ἄλγεα . . τετρήχασι cruel woes arise, A.R. 4.447, cf. 3.276, Philet.7; in Nic.Th.72 τετρήχοντα κλήματα is f.l. for δὲ τρήχοντα. (Alexandrine and later Poets seem to have thought erroneously that τέτρηχα = to be rough (cf. τραχύς).) (ταράχψω from ταραχ-ή, τάραχ-ος and these from Θα^ρα^χ-: cogn. with θράσσω from θρα_χ-ψω of which the Ion. pf. is τέτρηχα.)
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