tau

tau, n. indecl., a Celtic word of unknown meaning, Verg. Cat. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 28; cf. Aus. Idyll. 12, 6.

tau, n. indecl.,

• the name of the Greek T, Aus. Idyll. Lit. Monos. 18: et signa tau super frontes virorum gementium, Vulg. Ezech. 9, 4 (al. thau).

1. tau, n. indecl., ein keltisches Wort = tabum, Verg. catal. b. Quint. 8, 3, 28.

2. tau (thau), n. indecl. (ταῦ), Name des griech. Buchstaben T, Auson. edyll. 12. grammaticom. 6. p. 139 Schenkl. Paul. Nol. 26, 624: als Zeichen des Kreuzes, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 22: et signa (zeichne) thau super frontes virorum gementium, Vulg. Ezech. 9, 4.

tau [CL < ταῦ], tauma, tau, nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (also as numeral, = 300); b (as corresponding to Hebrew tav). c signifying, identifying, or authorizing mark (perh. orig. in the shape of tav or tau, cf. et. Ezech. ix 4, also transf.). T ccc Bede TR 1; tau, ‘t’, T, ccc Runica Manuscripta 351; tau significat 300 Harclay Qu. 1. 98.  b thave quam ‥ nos vocamus thau Neckam NR I 1 p. 7.  c 984 (13c) crucis taumate confirmavi Ch. Burton 25; Eadwardus Christi regis nostri signatus caractere et tau vivificantem litteram gestans in fronte sceptrum gestavit Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 1; a1211 ferens ‥ in fronte sua thau, id est quod non scriptum est manu hominum sed potius manibus angelorum P. Blois Ep. Sup. 47. 9; crux est sacra thau signatum limine Garl. Tri. Eccl. 46; signa thau super frontes virorum dolentium R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 91; frontes gementium tau signabat R. Bury Phil. 6. 98.

1 tau, n. ind. (ταῦ), tau [lettre grecque] : P. Nol. Carm. 19, 624 || [représentant la croix] Tert. Marc. 3, 22.

2 tau, n. indécl., mot celtique : Virg. Catal. d. Quint. 8, 3, 28.