ταρσ-ός,
Attic dialect ταρρός, ὁ: also with irregular plural ταρσά, τά, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.470, “Anacreontea” 9, “APl.” 4.283 (6th c.AD: Leontius Epigrammaticus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.270, +others] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: (τέρσομαι):— frame of wicker-work, crate, flat basket, for drying cheeses on, ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.219, cf. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, basket, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 226. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 mat of reeds, such as were built into brickwork to bind it together, ταρσοὶ καλάμων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179, “SIG” 245 G 13 (Delph., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. καλάμου [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 mass of matted roots, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.7.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II of various broad flat surfaces, resembling a ταρσός [[ 1.1, as, ] Refs]
__II.1 τ. ποδός flat of the foot. the part between the toes and the heel, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.377, 388, cf. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 9, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (but also, palm of the hand, [[[prev. passage]); οὐλὴ ταρσῷ ἀριστερῷ “PMich.Teb.” 121r111 i3 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: generally, foot, [[ Anacreont. 35.4, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.470, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.26 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus), 9.653 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]