10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUROMORPHOUS»
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A Dictionary of Entomology
TAUROMORPHOUS Adj. (Latin, Taurus I bull + morphe I shape.) Pertaining to
things that are bull-shaped. TAUTOLOGICAL Adj. (Greek, tauto I same + logos I
discourse.) Repetition of an idea implied in a statement. TAUTONYM Noun. (
Greek ...
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
Qualifying words: Minotaur, taurian, tau- ricide, Taurids, tauriform, taurine,
tauroboli- um, tauroboly. taurocephalous, tauroesque, taurokathapsia. taurolatry,
tauromachian, tauromachy, tauromorphic, tauromorphous, tauro- phobia, Taurus,
...
3
Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable
In my own belief the judgment upon Nebuchadnezzar, (whose dwelling was with
the beasts of the field, and who ate grass as oxen, until seven times had passed
over him,) was selected in derision of his tauromorphous anti- theism j and ...
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Numismata Hellenica: a Catalogue of Greek Coins Collected by ...
... tauromorphous human figure, with the legend AXEAOI0 AGAON, i. e. dydivog '
Axe7\qn'ou d9)\ov, shews that the coin was part of a prize given in some games,
celebrated at Mctapontium, in honour of the deified Achelous, and thus connects
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William Martin Leake,
1856
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The Ion of Euripides: now first translated into English, in ...
1261 The maternal grandfather of Kreousa is addressed by the name of the river
into which he was transformed. A river God was styled " Tauromorphous," bull
shaped, the rush of a torrent being compared to that of an enraged bull. We
speak ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Of, ertaining to, or relating to tauromachy or 1) -fi hting. t8ur0machy(ta-rom'a-ki),n.
[=F.tauromachic, < NL. tauromachia, Gr. Tavpo/uzxia, < rai-pog, bull, + [161”, a
fight, < ,udxrafiat, fight.] Bullfighting; a bull-fight. tauromorphous (ta-ro-mor'fus), a.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1900
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Having the form of a bull: as, the tauromorphous Bacchus. Taurus (ta'rus), n. [< L.
taurus, < Gr. ravpoc, a bull, ox, = AS. steor: see steer2.] 1 . An ancient The
Constellation Taorus. constellation and sign of the zodiac, representing the
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William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Of, ertaining to, or relating to tauromachy or bu -fighting. tauromachy (ta-rom'a-ki),
n. [= F. tauromachie, ( NL. tauromachia, Gr. ravpouaxi'a, ( Tai/pog', bull, + ,udxri, a
fight, < ,uripadai, fight.] Bullfighting; a bull-fight. tauromorphous (ta-ro-mor'tus), ...
William Dwight Whitney,
1904
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Having the form of a bull : as, the tauromorphous Bacchus. Taurus (ta'rus), n. [< L.
taurus, < Gr. raipoc, a bull, ox, = AS. sU6r: see steer2.] 1. An ancient Tbe
Constellation Tauru». constellation and sign of the zodiac, representing the
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William Dwight Whitney,
1891
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Having the form of a bull : as, the tauromorphous Bacchus. Taurus (ta'rus), ». [< L.
taurus, < Gr. ravpoc, a bull, ox, = AS. stcdr: see steer2.] 1 . An ancient AJvyone'SL
The Constellation Taurus. constellation and sign of the zodiac, representing ...