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τορνόομαι

tornoomai

mark off with the τόρνος, make round

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τορν-όομαι · torn-oomai — LSJ

mark off with the τόρνος, make round, they rounded off, shall round off

mark off with the τόρνος, make round, τορνώσαντο σῆμα they rounded off the barrow, Il. 23.255; ὅσσον τίς τʼ ἔδαφος νηὸς τορνώσεται large as the bottom of a ship which a man shall round off, with allusion to the round shape of a merchant vessel (cf. γαῦλος), opp. to a ship of war, Od. 5.249, cf. D.P. 1170, Tryph. 64.—Act. τορνῶσαι· περιγράψαι, κυκλῶσαι, Hsch., who also has Pass. τορνοῦμαι δὲ πρὸς μέτρον· ἀντὶ τοῦ περιγράφομαι (perh. a Trag. fragment).

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