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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τέρετρον τερέτρω τέρετρα
Genitive τερέτρου τερέτροιν τερέτρων
Dative τερέτρῳ τερέτροιν τερέτροις
Accusative τέρετρον τερέτρω τέρετρα
Vocative τέρετρον τερέτρω τέρετρα

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

  • ὅτι ὤξυνε τέκτων σίδηρον, σκεπάρνῳ εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ καὶ ἐν τερέτρῳ ἔστησεν αὐτό, εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τῆσ ἰσχύοσ αὐτοῦ. καὶ πεινάσει καὶ ἀσθενήσει καὶ οὐ μὴ πίῃ ὕδωρ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:12)
  • ἔσ τ’ ἂν ἡ μῆνιγξ τῶν ὀστέων ἀποστῇ, τερέτρῳ χρὴ περικόπτειν τὰ γυμνὰ ἢν ἔτι σμικρὰ ἀντέχῃ μέχρι αὐτομάτου ἀποσπάσιοσ, ὅτε μέλαινά κοτε τουτέων καὶ παχείη εὑρεθῇ ἡ μῆνιγξ· καὶ ἐπὴν ἐσ μύδησιν, ἢ καὶ κάθαρσιν, τοῦ ἰητροῦ εὐτόλμωσ ἀκεομένου, ἐσ ὠτειλὴν ξυμβῇ τὸ τρῶμα, ὥνθρωποσ ἐξῆλθε τῆσ νούσου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 120)
  • καὶ τότ’ ἔπειτ’ ἀπέκοψα κόμην τανυφύλλου ἐλαίησ, κορμὸν δ’ ἐκ ῥίζησ προταμὼν ἀμφέξεσα χαλκῷ εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένωσ, καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνα, ἑρμῖν’ ἀσκήσασ, τέτρηνα δὲ πάντα τερέτρῳ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 23 24:9)

Similar forms

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

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