τρῆμα
From LSJ
ἀναπλασμὸς ἐκ ματαίων ἐλπίδων → building of castles in the air
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (τετραίνω)
A perforation, aperture, orifice, Ar.V.141, Pl.Grg.494b, Gal.6.178,580; τὰ τ. τῶν οὐάτων Hp.Carn.15; τ. τυφλόν the foramen caecum in the skull, Gal.2.838; τῆς ἀρτηρίας, [τοῦ αἰδοίου], Arist.HA495a29, 497a25; the hole in the beam of a balance, Theol.Ar.29. 2 = τρύπημα, sens. obsc., Ar.Ec.906 (lyr.), Lys. 410. II of the holes or pips of dice, Amips.20.
