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τερέτ-ισμα

teretisma · τό

a humming, twanging

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Where it lives

Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

τερέτ-ισμα · teret-isma — LSJ

a humming, twanging, chirruping

a humming, twanging, φορμίγγων Diog. ap. D.L. 6.104 (alluding to E. Fr. 200), Luc. Nigr. 15, AP 7.612, cf. 11.352 (both Agath.); chirruping of cicadas, Hsch.

II a mere sound, twittering, prattle

metaph., a mere sound or twittering, τερετίσματα τὰ εἴδη (the Platonic ideas) Arist. APo. 83a33; τὰ συνήθη ταῦτα τ. the ordinary prattle, Procop.Gaz. Ep. 33; τὸ πόημα οὐχ ὡς τ. καὶ κροῦμα νοοῦμεν Phld. Po. 2p.228H.

In the wild

τερετίσματά · teretismata Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1855)
τερετίσμασιν · teretismasin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 5465)

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