ταώς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • τᾰῶς (tăôs), τᾰών (tăṓn)
  • τᾰὧς (tăhôs) — Attic

Etymology

    From an earlier *τᾰϝώς (*tăwṓs), of Pre-Greek origin; possibly from an Oriental source, perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “peacock”))[1] or a Turkic source (compare Turkish tavuk (“hen”)). Cognates include Latin pāvus, pāvō, and perhaps Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    τᾰώς • (tăṓs) m (genitive τᾰώ); second declension

    1. peacock
    2. a type of fish

    Declension

    Attic second declension of ὁ τᾰώς; τοῦ τᾰώ (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ τᾰώς
    ho tăṓs     		τὼ τᾰώ
    tṑ tăṓ     		οἱ τᾰῴ
    hoi tăōí
    Genitive τοῦ τᾰώ
    toû tăṓ     		τοῖν τᾰῴν
    toîn tăōín     		τῶν τᾰών
    tôn tăṓn
    Dative τῷ τᾰῴ
    tōî tăōí     		τοῖν τᾰῴν
    toîn tăōín     		τοῖς τᾰῴς
    toîs tăōís
    Accusative τὸν τᾰώ / τᾰών
    tòn tăṓ(n)     		τὼ τᾰώ
    tṑ tăṓ     		τοὺς τᾰώς
    toùs tăṓs
    Vocative τᾰώς
    tăṓs     		τᾰώ
    tăṓ     		τᾰῴ
    tăōí
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • τᾰῐ̈́της (tăĭ̈́tēs)
    • τᾰώνειος (tăṓneios)
    • τᾰώνῐκος (tăṓnĭkos)
    • τᾰώνῐος (tăṓnĭos)
    • τᾰωνῑ́της (tăōnī́tēs)
    • τᾰωνόπτερος (tăōnópteros)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ταώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1457

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs).

    Noun

    ταώς • (taós) m (uncountable) (archaic, obsolete)

    1. (astronomy) the constellation Pavo or the peacock
    2. peacock

    Declension

    Declension of ταώς
    singular
    nominative ταώς (taós)
    genitive ταώ (taó)
    accusative ταώ (taó)
    vocative ταώ (taó)

    Synonyms

    Further reading

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