Taygetan

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the Taygetos mountain range in Greece.

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Meanings

Taygetan1

adjectiveTaygetan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Taygetos mountain range in Greece.

    Citheron shouts;—gives tongue Taygetan hound; / And Epidaurus for the break renown’d: / While echoing groves reverberate the sound.

    1852, [Virgil], translated by E. Cobbold, The Georgics of Virgil (in Heroic Couplets). […], London: E. Lumley, book III, lines 61–63, page 105

Taygetan2

adjectiveTaygetan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to the star system Taygeta in the Pleiades star cluster.
nounTaygetan (plural Taygetans)

plural Taygetans

  1. An alien being from the vicinity of Taygeta.

Origin

Taygetan · adjective

From Tayget(os) + -an.

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Taygetan · adjective, noun

From Taygeta + -an.

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Cite this entry
APA

Taygetan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taygetan

MLA

“Taygetan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taygetan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Taygetan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taygetan.

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