τολυπεύω
From LSJ
εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
English (LSJ)
A wind off carded wool into a clew for spinning, Ar.Lys.587 (anap.). II metaph., wind off, achieve, accomplish, ἐγὼ δὲ δόλους τολυπεύω, of Penelope's web (with a play on the literal sense), Od.19.137; ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε 1.238, 4.490, al.; Φρῃξὶν πένθος τ. work them grief, E.Rh.744 (anap.); δόμον τ. finish building it, AP9.655; λίθον . . ἐκ θεμέθλων Arch.Anz.31.149 (Nicopolis). 2 endure, ἐς γῆρας τ. ἀργαλέους πολέμους Il.14.86; ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ πάθεν ἄλγεα 24.7. (Poet. word, v. l. in J.AJ17.1.2 for πολιτεύω.)
