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|Definition=or τᾰῶς, ὁ, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>102</span>,<span class="bibl">269</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b24</span>, al.; gen. <b class="b3">ταώ</b> or <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ταῶ <span class="bibl">Alex.100.14</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 290.4 (iii B.C.); acc. <b class="b3">ταών</b> or ταῶν <span class="bibl">Eup. 36</span>: pl., nom. ταῴ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>564a31</span>; ταοί Menodot. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.14.655a</span>; gen. ταῶν <span class="bibl">Antiph.205</span>; acc. <b class="b3">ταώς</b> or ταῶς <span class="bibl">Id.175.5</span>:—but also nom. ταών <span class="bibl">Aesop.397b</span>; gen. ταῶνος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>559b29</span>, Gal.6.701, <span class="title">Gp.</span>14.7.28; dat. ταῶνι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>884</span>: pl., nom. <b class="b3">ταῶνες</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>564a31</span>; gen. ταώνων <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>10.22</span>; dat. ταῶσι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>63</span>; acc. ταῶνας <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>59, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>13</span>:—the form <b class="b3">ταός</b> is non-existent acc. to Hdn.Gr. ap. <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.284</span> H.:—<b class="b2">peacock, Pavo cristatus</b>, ll. cc.: metaph. of <b class="b2">coxcombs</b>, Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Stratt.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span> 13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> name of a gem, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.187</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> name of a fish, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.1</span>. (Acc. to Tryphoap.<span class="bibl">Ath.9.397e</span>, the Athenians pronounced it with an aspirate, <b class="b3">ταὧς λέγουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν τελευταίαν συλλαβὴν περισπῶντες καὶ δασύνοντες</b>; the bird was a native of India (ταῶς ἐξ Ἰνδίας <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Nav.</span>23</span>); hence <b class="b3">ταὧς</b> and Lat. <b class="b2">pavus, pavo</b>, perh. also Hebr. <b class="b2">tukkîyîm</b> 'peacocks', may be borrowed from the same oriental source.)</span>