τάρφος

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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2
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Transliteration A: tárphos Transliteration B: tarphos Transliteration C: tarfos Beta Code: ta/rfos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A thicket, βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης Il.5.555; βαθέης ἐν τ. ὕλης 15.606; μνιόεντα βυθοῖο τάρφεα A.R.4.1238. (From τρέφω thicken.)