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τέρετρον

teretron

Bohrer

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Where it lives

Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

1. τέρετρον · teretron — Frisk

τέρετρον n. ‘Bohrer’ (Od., att. Inschr., LXX,, Plu. u. a.); Demin. -terov (Thphr.). — Primäres Nom. instrumenti mit roo-Suffix zu der in τέρε-σ-σεν" ἔτρωσεν, ἐτόρνωσε H. und τερέ-σω (Eust.), lat. tere-bra ‘Bohrer’ vorliegenden zweisilbigen Hochstufe neben der einsilbigen in τρῆ-σαι usw.; 5. τετραίνω, auch reiow, Topeiv, mit weiteren Verweisen; idg. tro- Suffix auch in kelt., z.B. air. tarathar “Bohrer”. — Ebenso mit … — [Frisk, s.v. τέρετρον, p. 1851]

2. τέρετρον · teretron — LSJ

borer, gimlet, trepan

borer, gimlet, Od. 5.246, 23.198, IG 1(2).313.127, LXX Is. 44.12, AP 6.103 (Phil.), Plu. Es. carn. 2 2.997d; trepan, Aret. CD 1.4.

In the wild

τερέτρῳ · teretrōi Odyssey 23.198
τέρετρα · teretra Odyssey 5.246
τερέτρῳ · teretrōi Septuaginta, Isaias 44

Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέρετρον (scan p. 1851; entry #5606).

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