ἀποτραχύνω
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English (LSJ)
pf.
A ἀποτετράχυκα D.H.Comp.22:—make rough or hard: metaph., τὴν ἁρμογήν l.c.; but ἀ. τὴν ἀκοήν grate on the ear, Id.Dem.43:—Pass., to be or become rough or hard, Thphr.HP6.4.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 332] rauh machen, verhärten, Theophr.; erbittern, ἀποτετράχυκε D. Hal. C. V. 22 p. 310; τὸ ἀποτραχυνόμενον, Strenge, Ernst, Longin.
