Διαψᾶν
to scratch through
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo1 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to dig through, to scoop out. "[...] to order everybody to scratch through the sand and to make good-sized hollows".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διαψᾶν· διορύττειν, διασκαλεύειν. κελεῦσαι πάντας διαψᾶν τὴν ἄμμον καὶ ποιεῖν βοθύνους εὐμεγέθεις.
Betacode
*diaya=n: dioru/ttein, diaskaleu/ein. keleu=sai pa/ntas diaya=n th\n a)/mmon kai\ poiei=n boqu/nous eu)mege/qeis.