τάριχος

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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According to Lagarde, borrowed from an Old Armenian predecessor of Middle Armenian տարեխ (tarex, Van fish), which would correspond to the famous export of salted Van fish from Armenia, but the borrowing is rather in the opposite direction because the Armenian term is late and sporadically used; besides the meaning appears more general in Greek. However it can still be of Anatolian – according to Beekes Pre-Greek – origin and has been put together by Puhvel with the Homeric Ancient Greek ταρχύω (tarkhúō, to bury like a god or hero) used for the Lycian last rites, Hesychian ταρχάνιον (tarkhánion, funeral feast), τέρχανον (térkhanon), τάρχανον (tárkhanon, grief) and connected to Lycian [script needed] (trqqas /⁠*tarḫants⁠/, god), Milyan [script needed] (trqqiz /⁠*tarḫints⁠/, god), Luwian [Anatolian Hieroglyphs needed] (tarḫu(nt), the storm-god); a mummy would be a dead-body preserved for or reserved for the gods.

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Noun

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τᾰ́ρῑχος (tárīkhosm (genitive τᾰρῑ́χου); second declension
τᾰ́ρῑχος (tárīkhosn (genitive τᾰρῑ́χεος or τᾰρῑ́χους); third declension

  1. dead body preserved by embalming, mummy
    Synonym: σκελετός (skeletós)
  2. meat preserved by salting, pickling, drying, or smoking, especially dried or smoked fish
  3. (figuratively, of a stupid fellow) a stockfish
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Etymology 2

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Conversion of the former.

Adjective

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τᾰ́ρῑχος (tárīkhosm or f (neuter τᾰ́ρῑχον); second declension

  1. Synonym of τᾰρῑχευτός (tarīkheutós, salted, pickled)
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