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τέρετρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέρετρον τέρετρου

Structure: τερετρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: tei/rw

Sense

  1. a borer, gimlet

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τέκτονοσ ἄρμενα ταῦτα Λεοντίχου, αἵ τε χαρακταὶ ῥῖναι, καὶ κάλων οἱ ταχινοὶ βορέεσ, στάθμαι καὶ μιλτεῖα, καὶ αἱ σχεδὸν ἀμφιπλῆγεσ σφῦραι, καὶ μίλτῳ φυρόμενοι κανόνεσ, αἳ τ’ ἀρίδεσ, ξυστήρ τε, καὶ ἐστελεωμένοσ οὗτοσ ἐμβριθήσ, τέχνασ ὁ πρύτανισ, πέλεκυσ, τρύπανά τ’ εὐδίνητα, καὶ ὠκήεντα τέρετρα, καὶ γόμφων οὗτοι τοὶ πίσυρεσ τορέεσ, ἀμφίξουν τε σκέπαρνον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2051)
  • τόφρα δ’ ἔνεικε τέρετρα Καλυψώ, δῖα θεάων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 24:10)
  • τρύπανά θ’ ἑλκεσίχειρα, τέρετρά τε, μιλτοφυρῆ ρε σχοῖνον, ὑπ’ ἀκρονύχῳ ψαλλομένην κανόνι, . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 103 1:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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