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, A. Ag. 1126 (lyr.).
2. priest of Poseidon Taureios, Ath. 10.425c .
3. a kind of Lycian boat with bull as figurehead, postulated to explain Europa's bull, Poll. 1.83 .
II. the bull as a sign of the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.10 , Arat. 167 , al., IG 14.1307 , Supp.Epigr. 7.363.8 (Dura-Europus,ii A.D.), etc.
III.
= κοχώνη , Poll. 2.173 , Gal. 14.706 : alsothe pudenda muliebria, Phot. :the male αἰδοῖον, Suid. (Cf. Lat.taurus, Lith.tauras, Slav.tur[ucaron], etc.)