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|Definition=ά, όν, (τᾰκῆναι, τήκω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">melting in the mouth, tender</b>, ἀκροκώλια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.169</span>; σχελίδες τακερώταται <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.13</span>; τακεροὺς ποιῆσαι τοὺς ἐρεβίνθους <span class="bibl">Id.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>56</span>, Gal.6.498, al.; τακερὰ μηκάδων μέλη <span class="bibl">Antiph.1.4</span>; τ. ποιεῖν τὰ κρέα <span class="bibl">Dionys.Com. 3.7</span>; <b class="b3">τ. πόδες</b> as food for invalids, Herod.Med.in <span class="title">Rh.Mus.</span>58.95,98, 100. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">melting, languishing</b>, Ἔρως <span class="bibl">Anacr.169</span>; τακέρ' ὄμμασι δερκόμενος Ibyc.2; ὡς τακερὸν . . καὶ μαλακὸν τὸ βλέμμ' ἔχει <span class="bibl">Philetaer.5</span>; τακεραῖς λεύσσουσα κόραις <span class="title">AP</span>9.567 (Antip.); τακερὸν βλέπεις βλέμμα <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.28</span>; τ. τι ἐν τοῖς ὄμμασιν πάθος ἀνυγραίνων <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>14</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς</b> <b class="b2">meltingly</b>, of the nightingale's song, ἑλίττειν τὸ μέλος <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., <b class="b2">serving to dissolove, soft</b>, ὕδατα ἕψειν ἄριστα καὶ -ώτατα Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.7.</span>