τάριχος

A. dead body preserved by embalming, mummy, τεθνεὼς καὶ τάριχος ἐών Hdt. 9.120.

II. meat preserved by salting, pickling, drying, or smoking, esp. dried or smoked fish, τὸ ἕλκος . . φαίνεται ὥσπερ τάριχος Hp. VC 19; οὗ τὸ τάριχος ὤνιον Ar. Eq. 1247; τὸ πολὺ τάριχος Id. Ra. 558; θρῖον ταρίχους Id. Ach. 1101; τοῦ ταρίχους . . ἀξιωτέρα Id. V. 491; ἐπὶ τῷ ταρίχει Id. Fr. 630, cf. Ach. 967: pl. τάριχοι Hdt. l.c.; ταρίχη Hermipp. 63.5, Gal. 6.747, etc.: dual ταρίχει Hdn.Gr. 2.322.

III. metaph. of a stupid fellow, stockfish, τὸν τ. τουτονί Ar. Fr. 200.--It is laid down that the masc. is Ion., the neut. τάριχος Att., AB 309.14: in fact, the masc. alone occurs in Hdt.; Hp. uses both forms, masc. (acc. τάριχον, v.l. ‐ος) in Morb. 2.50, neut. (acc. τάριχος Γαδειρικόν) in Int. 25; neut. predominates in Att., e.g. Ar. Il. cc., Chionid. 6, Hermipp. l.c., but masc. in Cratin. 40, Pl.Com. 49, PCair.Zen. 705.44 (iii B.C.), Sor. 1.94,98:—also τάριχον, τό, Anaxandr. 50, Philippid. 9; pl. τάριχα Axionic. 3.15, PMich.Zen. 2.11 (iii B.C.), Sor. 1.46; ταρίχου (gender undetermined) PCair.Zen. 12.38, 81, al. (iii B.C.), Sor. 1.52, Gal. 6.812.