Τάνταλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Tantalus</span>, ancestor of the Pelopidae, <span class="bibl">Od.11.582</span>, etc.; <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ξυνῆκα γὰρ τοὺς Ταντάλου κήπους τρυγῶν <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>530:— Adj. Ταντάλ-ειος, α, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.), <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">belonging to T</b>., <b class="b3">οἱ Τ. ἔκγονοι</b> the descendants <b class="b2">of T</b>., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1176</span>; <b class="b3">Πέλοψ ὁ Τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">988</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τιμωρία Ταντάλειος</b> Poet. ap. <span class="bibl">Plb.4.45.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.512</span>; Τ. δίκας ὑποφέρειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>53</span>; also Ταντᾰλ-εος, α, ον, <span class="title">AP</span>5.235 (Paul. Sil.); Ταντᾰλ-ικός, ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Man.5.187</span>: Τανταλίδης, ου, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">descendant of Tantalus</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1469</span> (pl., lyr.):</span>Τανταλίς, ίδος, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">daughter of T</b>., i.e. Niobe, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.134 (Mel.), cf. <span class="bibl">131</span> (Antip.). (Derived by Pl. from <b class="b3">ταλάντατος</b> in reference to his <b class="b2">endurance</b> of torment, or from <b class="b3">ταλαντεία</b> (<b class="b3">τανταλεία</b> codd.) in reference to the story of the rock <b class="b2">balanced and tottering</b> over his head, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>395e</span>; by others from his proverbial wealth, τὰ Ταντάλου τάλαντ' ἐκεῖνα <span class="bibl">Men.301.6</span>; cf. [[τανταλίζω]].)</span>