ώ (ὁ) paon, EUB. 3, 259 Meineke ; ARSTT. H.A. 1, 1, 33, etc.

➳ Nom. pl. ταῷ, ATH. 655 a ; acc. ταῶς, ANTIPH. (Com. fr. 3, 96).

or ταῶς, ὁ, Ar. Av. 102, 269, Arist. HA 488b24, al. ; gen. ταώ or ταῶ Alex. 100.14, Inscr.Délos 290.4 (iii BC); acc. ταών or ταῶν Eup. 36; pl., nom. ταῴ Arist. HA 564a31; ταοί Menodot. ap. Ath. 14.655a; gen. ταῶν Antiph. 205; acc. ταώς or ταῶς Id. 175.5; — but also nom. ταών Aesop. 397b; gen. ταῶνος Arist. HA 559b29, Gal. 6.701, Gp. 14.7.28; dat. ταῶνι Ar. Av. 884; pl., nom. ταῶνες v.l. in Arist. HA 564a31; gen. ταώνων LXX 3 Ki. 10.22; dat. ταῶσι Ar. Ach. 63; acc. ταῶνας Com.Adesp. 59, Plu. Per. 13; — the form ταός is non-existent acc. to Hdn. Gr. ap. Choerob. in Theod. 1.284 H. : — peacock, Pavo cristatus, ll. cc. ; metaph of coxcombs, Ar. Ach. l.c., cf. Stratt. 27, Luc. Nigr. 13. name of a gem, Plin. HN 37.187. name of a fish, Philostr. VA 3.1. (Acc. to Trypho ap. Ath. 9.397e, the Athenians pronounced it with an aspirate, ταὧς λέγουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν τελευταίαν συλλαβὴν περισπῶντες καὶ δασύνοντες ; the bird was a native of India (ταῶς ἐξ Ἰνδίας Luc. Nav. 23); hence ταὧς and Lat. pavus, pavo, perh. also Hebr. tukkîyîm ΄peacocks΄, may be borrowed from the same oriental source.)

ὁ, gen. ταώ, acc. ταών, plur. ταῴ, auch ταοί, aber auch, bes. in den cass. obl., ταών, ῶνος, plur. ταῶνες, zsgzn ταῶς ; der Pfau ; Ar. Av. 102, Ach. 63 ; com. bei Ath. XIV.654e ; u. in Prosa, Arist. H.A. 6.9 ; ταῶνες Opp. Cyn. 2.589. Nach Ath. IX.397e sprachen die Attiker das Wort mit zirkumflektierter und aspirierter Endsilbe ταὧς, durch diese gezwungene Aussprache die unangenehme Stimme des Vogels nachahmend ; vgl. pavo.

a peacock , Lat. pavo, [Aristophanes Comicus (5th/4th c.BC)], etc.: metaphorically of coxcombs , [Aristophanes Comicus (5th/4th c.BC)] (ML)