ταλαύρινος
talaurinos
bearing a shield of bullʼs-hide
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ταλαύρινος, ον, (*τλάω, ϝρινός) A. bearing a shield of bullʼs-hide, epith. of Ares, τ. πολεμιστής Il. 5.289, 20.78, etc.; so of Πόλεμος, Pax 241; and, jokingly, of Lamachus, Ach. 964; τ. χρώς a thick tough hide, AP 7.208 (Anyte): neut. as Adv., ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν to fight toughly, stoutly, Il. 7.239 (or masc., to fight as a bearer of a bullʼs-hide shield).
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