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 ;
A.
Ταίναρον ἠνεμόεντα
Orph. A. 1370
: neut.Ταίναρον,τό, Str. 8.5.1 : in most passages the word occurs in an obl. case without anAdj., 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
11.1 : neut. pl.Ταινάρια,τά, festival of Poseidon at Taenarus, Hsch. (-ίαςcod.): henceΤαινάριοι,οἱ,celebrants of this festival,