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Ταίναρος

Ταίναρος, Taenarus

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Ταινάρου Proper-name noun: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular of Ταίναρος

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Ταίνᾰρος, ἡ,
  • Taenarus, a promontory at the southern end of Laconia, Pi. P. 4.44, 174; also masc. or neut., Th. 1.128, 133, 7.19; Ταίναρον ἠνεμόεντα Orph. A. 1370: neut. Ταίναρον, τό, Str. 8.5.1: in most passages the word occurs in an obl. case without an Adj., so that the gender is undetermined, as in h.Ap. 412, Hdt. 1.23, 24, Th. 1.133, Ar. Ra. 187, etc.; Ποσειδῶν οὑπὶ Ταινάρῳ θεός Id. Ach. 510; πύλη τις ἐστὶ (sc. of the infernal regions) Ταινάρου πρὸς ἐσχάτοις Men. 842, cf. Str. l.c.:—Adj. Ταινάριος, α, ον, Ταιναρίην ὑπὸ χθόνα A.R. 1.102; epith. of Artemis, Euph. 9.11; Τ. λίθος, v. λίθος II.1: neut. pl. Ταινάρια, τά, festival of Poseidon at Taenarus, Hsch. (-ίας cod.): hence Ταινάριοι, οἱ, celebrants of this festival, IG 5(1).211.1:—also Ταιναρίζω, celebrate this festival, St.Byz. s.v. Ταίναρος, and Ταιναρισταί, οἱ, = Ταινάριοι, Hsch.

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