Τόρνος

pin

Translated by David Whitehead17 Jan 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 15 words
[Meaning a] round wooden peg.1
Or a drilled hole, and what is inserted into it.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τόρνος· ξύλον στρογγύλον. ἢ τὸ τρῆμα, καὶ τὸ ἐνιέμενον εἰς αὐτό.

Betacode
*to/rnos: cu/lon stroggu/lon. h)\ to\ trh=ma, kai\ to\ e)nie/menon ei)s au)to/.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. generally tau 793, tau 795.
  2. 1Same headword and gloss in Photius and other lexica. ↩
  3. 2From ancient glosses on Herodotus 4.72.5, where tormos -- otherwise a more technical term -- is transmitted (web address 1). ↩

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τ792Τόρμηwheel-rutτ793Τορνευτολυρασπιδοπηγοίlyre-turner-shield-peggersτ794Τόρνοςpinτ795Τορνώσασθαιto make round, to round offτ796Τορόνpiercing
Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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