Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ταρσός

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ὠβάζω - ὠκύς

Ὠγύγιος

ᾠδοποιός

ὠθίζομαι

ὠθισμός

Ὠκεανίνη

ὠκεανίς

Ὠκεανῖτις

Ὠκεανόνδε

Ὠκεανός

ὠκύαλος

ὠκυβόλος

ὠκυδήκτωρ

ὠκυδίδακτος

ὠκυδίνητος

ὠκύδρομος

ὠκυεπής

ὠκύθοος

ὠκυμάχος

ὠκύμορος

ὠκυπέτης

ὠκύποινος

ὠκύπομπος

ὠκύπορος

ὠκύπους

ὠκύπτερος

ὠκυρόης

ὠκύρους

ὠκύσκοπος

ὠκύτης - ὤρα

ὥρασι - ὤψ

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ταρσός ¹ τέρσομαι

I.a stand or frame of wicker-work, a crate, Lat. cratis, Od., Thuc.:— generally, a basket, Ar.

2.a mat of reeds, built into brickwork to bind it together, Hdt.

II.any broad flat surface, as,

1.τ. ποδός the flat of the foot, the part between the toes and the heel, Il., Hdt.

2.τ. κωπέως the flat or blade of an oar, Lat. palmula, Hdt.: absol. an oar, Eur.:—in collective sense, the oars on one side of a ship, Thuc.

3.τ. πτέρυγος the flat of the wing, a wing, Anth.: of a peacock's tail, Mosch.

1 ταρσός, attic ταρρός, οῦ, ὁ,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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