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|Definition=[ῡ], τό, a [[carpenter]]'s [[tool]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[borer]], [[auger]], [[rotate]]d by a [[thong]] (cf. [[τρυπάω]]), Od.9.385, cf. Pratin.Lyr.1.14, E.Cyc.461, Pl. Cra.388a, Nicoch.9, AP6.205 (Leon.); the [[boring]]-[[point]] of a [[siege]] [[engine]], Aen.Tact.32.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[surgical]] [[instrument]], [[trepan]], [[trephine]] Hp. VC18; τρύπανον ὀξὺ καὶ εὐθύ the [[straight]]-[[point]]ed [[trepan]], Gal.19.129; τρύπανον [[ἀβάπτιστος|ἀβάπτιστον]], another kind with a [[guard]] to [[prevent]] its [[piercing]] to the [[brain]], Id.10.447.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[fire]]-[[drill]] (v. [[πυρεῖον]] 1), ἀχάλκευτα τρύπανα S.Fr.708, cf. Thphr.HP5.9.7, Ign.64.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τρύπανα]], τά, metaph., [[fellow]]s who will do [[nothing]] [[without]] [[driving]], Crates ap. Stob.3.4.50.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of Pan, sens. obsc., Call.Fr.412.