τρῶξις
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A gnawing, biting, ὀνύχων τρώξεις Arist.EN1148b28; λίθων, γῆς, Hp.Prorrh.2.31.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρῶξις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ τρώγειν, ἀποδάκνειν, ἀποκόπτειν διὰ τῶν ὀδόντων, ὀνύχων τρώξεις Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Νικ. 7. 5, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action de grignotter.
Étymologie: τρώγω.
Greek Monolingual
-ώξεως, ἡ, Α τρώγω
το να τρώει ή να κόβει κανείς κάτι με τα δόντια («ὀνύχων τρώξεις», Αριστοτ.).
