τρᾰχηλ-ίζω (trachelizo)

Where it lives

Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

τρᾰχηλ-ίζω · trachēl-izō — LSJ

bend, twist the neck of

bend or twist the neck of a victim, βοῦν Thphr. Char. 27.5.

II ‘scrag’

in wrestling, ‘scrag’ oneʼs opponent, τοὺς νεανίσκους Plu. Ant. 33:— Pass., Pl. Amat. 132c, Teles p.50 H., Them. Or. 23.291b.

2 inflict hardship on

metaph., inflict hardship on a combatant, τοὺς . . φίλους οἱ λειπόμενοι τραχηλιοῦσι πόλεμοι Ph. 2.131:—Pass., ἐμφυλίῳ πολέμῳ καὶ διχονοίᾳ -ιζόμενοι J. BJ 4.6.2.

3 to be overpowered, swept away

metaph. in Pass., to be overpowered, swept away, ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις Ph. 2.127; of ships in a whirlpool, Str. 6.2.3.

III neck is being twisted

in a pun on signfs. I, II.1, and II.3, ἰδὼν Ὀλυμπιονίκην εἰς ἑταίραν πυκνότερον ἀτενίζοντα, ἴδε ἔφη, κριὸν Ἀρειμάνιον ὡς ὑπὸ τοῦ τυχόντος κορασίου -ίζεται see how the ramʼs neck is being twisted, D.L. 6.61, cf. Plu. Curios. 2.521b; τοὺς πολυπράγμονας ἴδοις ἂν ὑπὸ παντὸς ὁμοίως θεάματος -ιζομένους καὶ περιαγομένους ibid.

IV to be laid open

Pass., to be laid open, Ep.Hebr. 4.13; τετραχηλισμένα· πεφανερωμένα, Hsch.

In the wild

τραχηλίζεται · trachēlizetai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5134)
τετραχηλισμένα · tetrachēlismena New Testament, Hebrews 4.13 (DIORISIS sentence 72)
τραχηλιζόμενος · trachēlizomenos Plato, Lovers 132

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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