peacock, Pavo cristatus
τᾰώς, orτᾰῶς,ὁ, Ar. Av. 102 , 269 , Arist. HA 488b24 , al.; gen.ταώor
A.
ταῶ
Alex. 100.14
, Inscr.Délos 290.4
(iii B.C.); acc.ταώνor ταῶν
Eup. 36
: pl., nom. ταῴ
Arist. HA 564a31
; ταοί
Menodot.
ap. Ath. 14.655a ; gen. ταῶν
Antiph. 205
; acc.ταώςor ταῶς
Id. 175.5
:—but also nom.ταών
Aesop. 397b ; gen. ταῶνος
Arist. HA 559b29
, Gal. 6.701 , Gp. 14.7.28 ; dat. ταῶνι
Ar. Av. 884
: pl., nom.ταῶνες v.l. in
Arist. HA 564a31 ; gen. ταώνων
LXX 3 Ki. 10.22
; dat. ταῶσι
Ar. Ach. 63
; acc. ταῶνας
Com.Adesp. 59
, Plu. Per. 13 :—the formταόςis non-existent acc. to Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. in Theod. 1.284 H.:—peacock, Pavo cristatus, ll. cc.: metaph. ofcoxcombs, Ar. Ach. l.c., cf. Stratt. 27 , Luc. Nigr. 13 .
II. name of a gem, Plin. HN 37.187 .
III. name of a fish, Philostr. VA 3.1 . (Acc. to Tryphoap. Ath. 9.397e , the Athenians pronounced it with an aspirate,ταὧς λέγουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν τελευταίαν συλλαβὴν περισπῶντες καὶ δασύνοντες; the bird was a native of India ( ταῶς ἐξ Ἰνδίας
Luc. Nav. 23
); henceταὧςand Lat.pavus, pavo, perh. also Hebr.tukkîyîm'peacocks', may be borrowed from the same oriental source.)
