Ταλαύρινος

bearing a bull's-hide shield

Translated by David Whitehead26 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words

Translation

[Meaning] steadfast, mighty in battle.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταλαύρινος· ὑπομονητικός, καρτερικὸς ἐν τῇ μάχῃ.

Betacode
*talau/rinos: u(pomonhtiko/s, karteriko\s e)n th=| ma/xh|. 

Notes

  1. The glosses come from the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 964 (web address 1), where the headword -- an Homeric epithet of Ares -- is used jokingly of Lamachos (lambda 81). See generally LSJ s.v.
    The etymology combines tau 707 with rho 174.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. fixed link — Catharine Roth
  3. augmented note — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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