τρητός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τρητή, τρητόν, ([[τετραίνω]]) [[perforated]], [[with a hole in it]], λίθος Od. 13.77; <b class="b3">ἐν τρητοῖσι λεχέεσσιν</b>, prob. of [[inlaid]] bedsteads (cf. [[τορευτός]]), Il.3.448, cf. Od.1.440, al.; others expld. it of the [[holes]] through which the cords that supported the bedding were drawn, or of the [[holes]] in the bedposts which received the framework ([[ἐνήλατα]]), ''EM'' 765.3:—<b class="b3">μελισσᾶν τρητὸς πόνος</b>, i.e. the honeycomb, Pi.''P.''6.54; τρητά [[mortised]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 279e; <b class="b3">τ. ὀστοῦν</b>, opp. [[ἄτρητον]], Arist.''HA''516a27; <b class="b3">λίθαξ τ.</b> pumice-stone, ''AP''6.66 (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">τ. δόνακες</b> shepherd's pipes, ib.78 (Eratosth.).