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χᾰράσσω

charasso

make pointed, sharpen, whet

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What it meant — LSJ

make pointed, sharpen, whet

make pointed, sharpen, whet, ἅρπας, ὀδόντας, Hes. Op. 573, Sc. 235, cf. Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.350d; καθάπερ βέλη τὰ πράγματα Monarch. ib. 825f; χαρασσόμενος σίδηρος Hes. Op. 387.

2 furnish with notches, teeth, serrated, jagged, rugged

furnish with notches or teeth, like a saw, τὰ σιδήρια Arist. Aud. 803a3:—Pass., of certain birds, ἔχουσι . . τὰ ἄκρα τοῦ ῥύγχους κεχαραγμένα Id. PA 662b16; φύλλα κεχαραγμένα serrated leaves, Dsc. 4.173, cf. Thphr. HP 3.10.5; σκύταλον κεχ. ὄζοις jagged or rugged with . . , Theoc. 17.31.

3 whet, stimulate, exasperated at, be, angry at, for

metaph., whet, stimulate, ἔρως ψυχὰς χ. S. Fr. 684 codd. Stob. (ταράσσει E. Fr. 431 codd. Clem.Al.); τὸ φιλόνικον Plu. Util. 2.92a, cf. Monarch. 825f:—Pass., κεχαραγμένος τινί exasperated at . . , Hdt. 7.1; κείνῳ τόδε μὴ χαράσσου be not angry at him for this, E. Med. 157 (lyr.); τῇ παρρησίᾳ χαραχθείς Plu. Adul. 2.74e.

II cut into furrows, scratch, wounded

cut into furrows, scratch, στρωμνὰ δὲ χαράσσοισʼ ἅπαν νῶτον κεντεῖ Pi. P. 1.28; κῦμα χ. Orph. A. 372; ἀρότρῳ . . χ. χέρσον AP 6.238 (Apollonid.); ὕδωρ ἐρετμοῖς Nonn. D. 3.46, cf. 41.114 (Pass.); τῷ θερμῷ χαράσσοντι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plu. QConv. 2.651e:— Pass., νῶτον χαραχθείς wounded, E. Rh. 73; κέκοπται καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον A. Pers. 683; θάλασσα φρικὶ χαρασσομένη AP 10.2 (Antip. Sid.), cf. 10.14 (Agath.); τόπος κεχαραγμένος ὑπὸ ὄμβρου, gloss on ῥωχμός, Sch.Gen. Il. 23.420.

2 smite

smite, LXX 3 Ki. 15.27.

3 stamp, seal

stamp, seal, PRyl. 160.6 (i. A.D.), etc.

4 brand

brand, BGU 100.3 (Pass., ii A. D.), etc.

III engrave, carve, stamp, inscribe, write, sketch, draw, marking, drawn, stamped, coin, engraved, with a stamp

engrave, carve, ἐν νομίσματι [Βάττον] χ. (i.e. stamp his portrait) Arist. Fr. 528; οὔρεακαὶ πόντον ὑπὲρ τύμβοιο AP 7.237 (Alph.); στάλαν ib. 547 (Leon.Alex.); inscribe, δόγματα . . εἰς στήλην SIG 795B 27 (Delph., i A. D.); γράμμα . . τοίχοισι χαράξω Theoc. 23.46, cf. AP 12.130; ἐν τύμβῳ γράμμʼ ἐχάραξε τόδε Erinn. 5.8; τὸν Τροίης πόλεμον σελίδεσσι χ. APl. 16.293; γραφίδεσσι . . χάραξα . . ἱερὸν λόγον Hymn.Is. 11; [νόμους] εἰς πίνακας χ. D.S. 12.26; ὁ γραμματεὺς τοῦ δήμου τὸ βʹ ἐχάραξα BMus.Inscr.

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