1. τετραίνω · tetrainō — Chantraine
The corpus record
τετραίνω
tetraino
lur- pour rendre compte de πέσυρες et πίσυρες, cf
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Where it lives
- Gorgias 5 · 1.9/10k
- De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
- Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. τετραίνω · tetrainō — Chantraine
3. τετραίνω · tetrainō — Chantraine
4. τετραίνω · tetrainō — Frisk
5. τετραίνω · tetrainō — LSJ
bore through, pierce, perforate, ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε Il. 22.396; τέτρηνα δὲ πάντα τερέτρῳ Od. 23.198, cf. 5.247:—Pass., πυκιναῖς τέτρηνται ἄλοξιν Emp. 100.3; λίθος τετρημένος Hdt. 2.96; ὁ οὐρανὸς τέτρηται has holes in it, Id. 4.158; τέτρηται δικτύου πλέον (Ahrens for τέτρωται) A. Ag. 868; τέτρηνται, of the urinary passage, v.l. in Hp. Aër. 9; ὥσπερ κόσκινον τέτρηται Ar. Fr. 480; ὁ τετρημένος πίθος, v. πίθος I.2; [χάσμα] διʼ ὅλης τῆς γῆς τετρημένον Pl. Phd. 112a; κοιλίαι εἰς τὸν πλεύμονα τετρ.
In the wild
- τέτρηται · tetrētai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 866–868
- τετρημένον · tetrēmenon Aristophanes, Lysistrata 680 (DIORISIS sentence 517)
- τετρημένην · tetrēmenēn Aristophanes, Peace 20 (DIORISIS sentence 21)
- τρήσας · trēsas Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 881)
- τετρημένα · tetrēmena Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 84)
- τέτρηνται · tetrēntai Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 65)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τετραίνω (scan p. 1129; entry #7954).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τετραίνω (scan p. 1857; entry #5624).
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