Ταίναρος

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Taenarus, a promontory at the southern end of Laconia, Pi.P.4.44, 174; also masc. or neut., Th.1.128, 133, 7.19;

   A Ταίναρον ἠνεμόεντα Orph.A.1370: neut. Ταίναρον, τό, Str.8.5.1: in most passages the word occurs in an obl. case without an Adj., so that the gender is undetermined, as in h.Ap.412, Hdt.1.23,24, Th. 1.133, Ar.Ra.187, etc.; Ποσειδῶν οὑπὶ Ταινάρῳ θεός Id.Ach.510; πύλη τις ἐστὶ (sc. of the infernal regions) Ταινάρου πρὸς ἐσχάτοις Men.842, cf. Str. l.c.:—Adj. Ταινάριος, α, ον, Ταιναρίην ὑπὸ χθόνα A.R.1.102; epith. of Artemis, Euph.9.11; Τ. λίθος, v. λίθος 11.1: neut. pl. Ταινάρια, τά, festival of Poseidon at Taenarus, Hsch. (-ίας cod.): hence Ταινάριοι, οἱ, celebrants of this festival, IG5(1).211.1:—also Ταιναρίζω, celebrate this festival, St.Byz. s.v. Ταίναρος, and Ταιναρισταί, οἱ, = Ταινάριοι, Hsch.