Τορεύει

bores through, pierces

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] carves, perforates.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "pierce a whole ode," meaning say the ode piercingly and clearly.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τορεύει· γλύφει, τιτρᾷ. καί, τόρευε πᾶσαν ᾠδήν. ἀντὶ τοῦ τορῶς καὶ τρανῶς λέγε τὴν ᾠδήν.

Betacode
*toreu/ei: glu/fei, titra=|. kai/, to/reue pa=san w)|dh/n. a)nti\ tou= torw=s kai\ tranw=s le/ge th\n w)|dh/n. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius' Lexicon; and cf. Hesychius tau1168 s.v. torneu/ei (and further, next note. The second synonym is from the contract verb titra/w, a rare variant of tetrai/nw; see LSJ s.v. ↩
  2. 2Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 986 (where Bentley conjectured to/rneue: "turn neatly, round off"), with scholion. ↩

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  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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