Ταίναρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=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; 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; <b class="b3">πύλη τις ἐστὶ</b> (''[[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; [[epithet]] of Artemis, Euph.9.11; Τ. [[λίθος]], v. [[λίθος]] II.1: neut. pl. Ταινάρια, τά, festival of Poseidon at Taenarus, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (-ίας cod.): hence [[Ταινάριοι]], οἱ, [[celebrants of this festival]], IG5(1).211.1:—also [[Ταιναρίζω]], [[celebrate this festival]], St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Ταίναρος]], and Ταιναρισταί, οἱ, = [[Ταινάριοι]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]