ταῦρος
tauros
bull
Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ταῦρος, ὁ, A. bull, Il. 2.481, etc.; as a sacrifice to Poseidon, 11.728, Od. 13.181; also ταῦρος βοῦς Il. 17.389; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν τ., oracularly of Agamemnon and his wife, Ag. 1126 (lyr.). 2. priest of Poseidon Taureios, 10.425c. 3. a kind of Lycian boat with bull as figurehead, postulated to explain Europaʼs bull, 1.83. II. the bull as a sign of the Zodiac, ap. 1.2.10, 167, al., IG 14.1307, Supp.Epigr. 7.363.8 (Dura-Europus, ii A.D.), etc. III. = κοχώνη, 2.173, 14.706: also the pudenda muliebria, : the male αἰδοῖον, (Cf. Lat. taurus, Lith. tauras, Slav. turǔ, etc.)
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