taurokathapsia

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/ˌtɔːɹəkəˈθæpsiə/

noun

Bull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.

OriginAncient Greek ταυροκαθάψια →
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Meanings

nountaurokathapsia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableBull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekταυροκαθάψια
  2. Englishtaurokathapsia

From Revived Ancient Greek ταυροκαθάψια (taurokathápsia), variant of ταυροκάθαψις (taurokáthapsis), from ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + κάθαψις (káthapsis). Apparently coined by Arthur Evans, the excavator of Knossos, in ca. 1910.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ταυροκάθαψις
  • ταυροκάθαψις (taurokáthapsis)bull-leaping
French taurokathapsie, taurocatapsie
  • taurokathapsiebull-leaping
  • taurocatapsiebull-leaping
  • taurokathapsiabull-leaping
German Stiersprung
  • Stiersprungbull-leaping
Greek ταυροκαθάψια
  • ταυροκαθάψια (tavrokathápsia)bull-leaping
Italian taurocatapsia
  • taurocatapsiabull-leaping
Spanish taurocatapsia
  • taurocatapsiabull-leaping
Turkish boğa sıçraması
  • boğa sıçramasıbull-leaping
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