3. often also in Prose, th;n tacivsthn ( sc. oJdovn ), as Adv. by the quickest way, i.e. most quickly, Hdt. , etc. Hence tacuthv"
tacuthv"
ta±cuØthv" , h`to" , Dor. -tav" , a`to", hJ , quickness, swiftness, Hom ., Hdt. , Plat.
tavwn
tavwn »a<Eth>1/4 , Dor. and Aeol. gen. pl. fem. of oJ, hJ, tov .
tawvnio"
ta±wvnio" or -eio" , on , of a peacock, Luc. From tawv"
tawv", TAW vS
TAW vS or taw`" (sometimes written taw|" ) , oJ ; gen. tawv or taw` ; acc. tawvn or taw`n : pl. , nom. tawv/ or taw`/ ; gen. taw`n ; acc. tawv" or taw`" :—but also (as if from a nom. tawvn ) pl. dat. taw`si , acc. taw`na" :— a peacock, Lat. pavo , Ar ., etc. : metaph. of coxcombs, Id.
te
te , enclitic Particle, and, answering to Lat. que , as kaiv to et. It may simply join clauses, as o}" Cruvshn ajmfibevbhka" Kivllan te zaqevhn, Tenevdoiov te i\fi ajnavssei" Il.; or it may be repeated as te. . te . . , both. . and. . , as path;r ajndrw`n te qew`n te Hom. So also te. . , kai; . . , as diasthvthn
jAtreivdh" te kai; di`osÆAcilleuv" Il., etc. :—used to show coincidence of Time, mesambrivh tev ejsti kai; to; kavrta givgnetai yucrovn Hdt ., etc.
2.
the combination
kaiv te
is peculiar to
Ep.
,
and also,
Hom.
II.
in
Ep.
Poetry,
te
is attached to many relative Pronouns or Particles, without altering their sense, as
o{ste, o{so" te, gavr te, dev te, mevn te, e[nqa te, i{na te
,
etc.
: in
Att.
, this
te
was dropped, except in a few words, as
a{te, w{ste, ejfÆ w|/te, oi|ov" te, e[ste
.
tev
tev , Dor. for sev , acc. sing. of suv .
te[
te[ , apostroph. for teav , neut. pl. of teov" .
tevggw, TE vGGW
TE vGGW , f. tevgxw : aor. I e[tegxa :— Pass. , aor. I ejtevgcqhn :— to wet, moisten, Pind ., etc. ; of tears, Trag. :— Pass. tevggomai , I weep, Aesch .; t. blevfara Eur.
2. c. acc. cogn ., t. davkrua to shed tears, Pind. ; tevggei dakruvwn a[cnan Soph .: —Pass ., o[mbro" ejtevggeto a shower fell, Id.
II. to soften (properly, by soaking or bathing), Pind .: —metaph. in Pass. , tevggei ga;r oujdevn thou art no whit softened, Aesch .; ou[te lovgoi" ejtevggeqÆ h{de Eur.
III. to dye, stain, Lat. tingere ; metaph ., like Lat. imbuere , Pind.
Tegeva
Tegeva , a" , Ion. -evh , h", hJ , Tegea in Arcadia, Il., Pind. , etc. :— Tegeavth" »a<Eth>1/4 , Ion. -hvth" , oJ , of Tegea, Hdt ., etc. :— fem. Tegea`ti" , ido" , the Tegeate country, Thuc .: —Adv. -a<Eth>tikov" , Ion. -htikov" , hv, ovn , Hdt.
tevgeo"