ταώς

A. ταῶ Alex. 100.14, Inscr.Délos 290.4 (iii B.C.); 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.

II. name of a gem, Plin. HN 37.187.

III. name of a fish, Philostr. VA 3.1. (Acc. to Tryphoap.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.)