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τρῆμα

trema · τό

perforation, aperture, orifice

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

τρῆμα · trēma — LSJ

perforation, aperture, orifice, foramen, hole

perforation, aperture, orifice, Ar. V. 141, Pl. Grg. 494b, Gal. 6.178,580; τὰ τ. τῶν οὐάτων Hp. Carn. 15; τ. τυφλόν the foramen caecum in the skull, Gal. 2.838; τῆς ἀρτηρίας, [τοῦ αἰδοίου], Arist. HA 495a29, 497a25; the hole in the beam of a balance, Theol.Ar. 29.

= τρύπημα, sens. obsc., Ar. Ec. 906 (lyr.), Lys. 410.

II the holes, pips of dice

of the holes or pips of dice, Amips. 20.

In the wild

τρῆμα · trēma Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 739)
τρήματος · trēmatos Aristophanes, Lysistrata 408 (DIORISIS sentence 310)
τρήματα · trēmata Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 66)
τρήματος · trēmatos New Testament, Luke 18.25 (DIORISIS sentence 935)
τρήματος · trēmatos New Testament, Matthew 19.24 (DIORISIS sentence 791)
τρήματα · trēmata Plato, Gorgias 494

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τρῆμα (scan p. 1559; entry #6150).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τρῆμα (scan p. 1902; entry #5745).

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