The corpus record

τρᾱχύν-ω

trachuno

make rough, uneven

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Timaeus 3 · 1.27/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant

τρᾱχύν-ω · trachyn-ō — LSJ

make rough, uneven, become rough, rough, harsh

make rough, uneven, Id. Ti. 65d: c. acc., τ. τὸ κύτος ib. 67a; αὔρη τρηχύνοι πέλαγος A.R. 4.768:— Pass., become rough, Pl. Ti. 66c, Plu. Rom. 3, etc.; of the sea, Arist. Col. 791a21; of the voice, Id. Aud. 803b2; τ. τῇ φωνῇ use rough, harsh tones, Plu. TG 2.

2 call them harsh

in A. Th. 1050, τράχυνε refers to τραχύς γε μέντοι δῆμος just before, call them harsh.

3 to be angry, exasperated

metaph. in Pass., to be angry, exasperated, τετραχύνθαι τε καὶ ἀγωνιᾶν Pl. Prt. 333e; πρός τινα Plb. 2.21.3, Plu. Pel. 26; τινι Anon. Oxy. 664.38; τ. ὅτι . . D.H. Th. 43.

4 grate roughly on

τ. τὰς ἀκοάς grate roughly on the ears, Id. Comp. 22.

II to be rough

intr., to be rough, ὁ τραχύνων τόπος D.S. 1.32; τὰ τραχύνοντα τοῦ ποταμοῦ Plu. Cat.Ma. 20.

In the wild

τράχυνʼ · trachynʼ Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1051
τετραχύνθαι · tetrachynthai Plato, Protagoras 333
τραχύνοντα · trachynonta Plato, Timaeus 65 (DIORISIS sentence 608)
τραχυνθέντα · trachynthenta Plato, Timaeus 66 (DIORISIS sentence 613)
τραχῦνόν · trachynon Plato, Timaeus 67 (DIORISIS sentence 622)

Where it came from

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