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ταφρεύω

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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes
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Transliteration A: taphreúō Transliteration B: taphreuō Transliteration C: tafreyo Beta Code: tafreu/w

English (LSJ)

   A make a ditch, Pl.Lg.760e,778e, X.HG5.2.4; τάφρους τ. Aeschin.3.236: c. acc., τὰ ἔσωθεν Aen.Tact.33.4.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1075] einen Graben machen, ziehen, Plat. Legg. VI, 760 e; Xen. Hell. 5, 2, 4, u. Sp., wie Polyaen. 8, 49.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ταφρεύω: ἀνοίγω τάφρον, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 760Ε, 778Ε, Ξεν., κλπ., τ. τάφρους Αἰσχίν. 87. 29.

French (Bailly abrégé)

creuser une fosse.
Étymologie: τάφρος.

Greek Monolingual

ΝΑ τάφρος
ανορύσσω τάφρο, ανοίγω χαντάκι («τὰς τάφρους τὰς περὶ τὰ τείχη καλῶς ἐτάφρωσε», Αισχίν.).