ταράσσω
Etym. cf. θράσσω
Etym. Root ΤΑΡΑΧ
I. "to stir, stir up, trouble", in a physical sense, ἐτάραξε πόντον Od.; ὁμοῦ τ. τήν τε γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν Ar.; βροντήμασι κυκάτω πάντα Aesch.; πάντα τ., of a speaker, "to jumble up", Dem.; δεινὰ τ. makes "confusion worse confounded," Soph.
2. "to trouble" the mind, "confound, agitate, disturb, disquiet", Trag., Plat., etc.: absol. "to cause confusion", Plat.
3. of an army, "to throw into disorder", Hdt., Xen., etc.:—Pass. "to be in disorder", Hdt., Thuc.
4. of political matters, "to agitate, distract", Ar.:—Pass. "to be in a state of disorder or anarchy", Thuc., Dem.
5. ταράττεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων "to be shaken in one's seat" on horseback, Xen.
II. "to stir up" mud, "raise by stirring up", Ar.: metaph., τ. νεῖκος, πόλεμον Soph., Plat.; Pass., πόλεμος ἐταράχθη Dem.
III. intr. perf. τέτρηχα, "to be in disorder or confusion, be in an uproar", τετρήχει δ᾽ ἀγορή Il.; ἀγορὴ τετρηχυῖα id=Il.