Τάνταλος
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Tantalus, ancestor of the Pelopidae, Od.11.582, etc.;
A ξυνῆκα γὰρ τοὺς Ταντάλου κήπους τρυγῶν Com.Adesp.530:— Adj. Ταντάλ-ειος, α, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.), of or belonging to T., οἱ Τ. ἔκγονοι the descendants of T., E.El.1176; Πέλοψ ὁ Τ. Id.IT1, cf. 988, etc.; τιμωρία Ταντάλειος Poet. ap. Plb.4.45.6, cf. Ph.1.512; Τ. δίκας ὑποφέρειν Luc.Am.53; also Ταντᾰλ-εος, α, ον, AP5.235 (Paul. Sil.); Ταντᾰλ-ικός, ή, όν, Man.5.187: Τανταλίδης, ου, ὁ,
A descendant of Tantalus, A.Ag.1469 (pl., lyr.):Τανταλίς, ίδος,
A daughter of T., i.e. Niobe, APl.4.134 (Mel.), cf. 131 (Antip.). (Derived by Pl. from ταλάντατος in reference to his endurance of torment, or from ταλαντεία (τανταλεία codd.) in reference to the story of the rock balanced and tottering over his head, Cra.395e; by others from his proverbial wealth, τὰ Ταντάλου τάλαντ' ἐκεῖνα Men.301.6; cf. τανταλίζω.)
