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τρύπανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρύπανον τρύπανου

Structure: τρυπαν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a borer, auger

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

  • ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, καὶ τὸ σκέπαρνον τῷ τέκτονι καὶ τὸ τρύπανον συνεργεῖ μέν τι πρὸσ τὴν τέχνην, οὐδεὶσ δ’ ἂν εἴποι ὡσ ταῦτα ὁ τεχνίτησ ἐστίν, οὐδ’ ἡ ναῦσ ἔργον τοῦ σκεπάρνου ἢ τοῦ τρυπάνου, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ναυπηγοῦ· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 11:6)
  • Θῆρισ ὁ δαιδαλόχειρ τᾷ Παλλάδι πῆχυν ἀκαμπῆ, καὶ τετανὸν νώτῳ καμπτόμενον πρίονα, καὶ πέλεκυν ῥυκάναν τ’ εὐαυγέα, καὶ περιαγὲσ τρύπανον, ἐκ τέχνασ ἄνθετο παυσάμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2041)
  • τρύπανον. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 29:3)
  • τὸ φύσει γὰρ ἑκάστῳ, ὡσ ἐοίκε, τρύπανον πεφυκὸσ εἰσ τὸν σίδηρον δεῖ ἐπίστασθαι τιθέναι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 37:4)

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

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