τονθορύζω
Τὸ γὰρ θανεῖν οὐκ αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' αἰσχρῶς θανεῖν → Mors ipsa non est foeda, sed foede mori → Das Sterben bringt nicht Schmach, doch sterben in der Schmach
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.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1127] u. τονθορίζω, undeutlich reden, murmeln, murren; Ar. Ach. 653 Vesp. 614; der Schol. zur ersten Stelle sagt λάθρα φθεγγόμενοι, ὑπότρομοι, τὰ χείλη κινοῦντες; vgl. Opp. Cyn. 3, 169 u. Phryn. in B. A. 67.
