ταρσός

See also: Ταρσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ταρρός (tarrhós)

Etymology

The word has been compared with Armenian թառ (tʿaṙ, bar for drying grapes), Old High German darra (apparatus for drying fruits), Swedish tarre (frame for drying malts), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (to dry).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ταρσός (tarsós) m (genitive ταρσοῦ); second declension

  1. frame of wickerwork, crate, for drying cheese on
  2. mat of reeds
  3. mass of matted roots
  4. (anatomy) flat of the foot; palm of the hand
  5. (zoology) flat of the outstretched wing
  6. rows of oars on the sides of ships
  7. row of teeth in a saw

Inflection

Derived terms

  • σύνταρρος (súntarrhos)
  • τάρριον (tárrhion)
  • ταρσόω (tarsóō)
  • ταρσώδης (tarsṓdēs)
  • τάρσωμα (társōma)
  • ταρσωτός (tarsōtós)

Descendants

References

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