τονθορύζω
ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν → Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.
English (LSJ)
or τον-ίζω,
A speak inarticulately, mumble, Ar.Ach.683 (troch.), Ra.747, V.614 (anap.), Luc.Deor.Conc.1, Aristaenet.2.6; gurgle, ἐτονθόρυζε ταῦρος <ὡς> νεοσφαγής A.Fr.298:—in all these passages the best codd. have the form in -ύζω; τονθορύξει (prob. 2sg. fut.) occurs in Herod.7.77; both forms are cited by Hsch.; -ίζω is found in codd. of Gal.2.689, Thom.Mag.p.352R., etc., but is never expressly mentioned by Gramm.; cf. ὑποτονθορύζω.— Rarer collat. forms, τονθολῠγέω, gurgle, Pherecr.108.4; distd. from τανθαρύζω (q.v.) by Ptol.Asc.p.410H., Ammon.Diff.p.79V.; τονθρ-ύζω, Herod.8.8, Opp.C.2.541, 3.169 (recognized as Att. along with τονθορύζω by Phryn.336, cf. PSp.115 B.); cf. τον-ύς, ἡ, muttering, Hsch.; τον-υστής, οῦ, ὁ, mutterer, = γογγυστής, Aq.Pr.16.28; τον-υσμός and τονθορυσμός, ὁ, Phryn.336. (Prob. onomatop.)
