τέναγος

A. shoal-water, shallows, lagoon, whether in the sea or in rivers, Pi. N. 3.24; ἕλεά τε καὶ τ. Hdt. 1.202, cf. 7.176, 8.129, Th. 3.51, PPetr. 2p.17 (iii B.C.), etc.; φύεται [τὰ ὄστρεα] . . ἐν τοῖς τενάγεσι Arist. HA 548a1.