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|Definition=Dor. θάγω [ᾱ] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1256</span>: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> θήξω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>242</span>: aor. ἔθηξα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).20</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>[51]</span>:—Med., aor. <b class="b3">ἐθηξάμην</b> (v. infr.):—Pass., pf. <b class="b3">τέθηγμαι</b> (v. infr.):—poet. Verb (used by X. and later, v. infr.), <b class="b2">sharpen, whet</b>, Hom. (only in Il.), θήγων λευκὸν ὀδόντα <span class="bibl">11.416</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.475</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>388</span>; ὀδόντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>815</span> (hex.); γένυν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1380</span>; <b class="b3">θ. φάσγανον, ξίφος, μαχαίρας</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1262</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1036</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span>242</span>; ξίφη <span class="bibl">Onos.28</span>; ὀϊστούς <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.229a</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">δόρυ θηξάσθω</b> <b class="b2">let him whet his</b> spear, <span class="bibl">Il.2.382</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phanocl.1.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">sharpen, excite</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).20</span>; ἰάμβων τοὺς ὀδόντας Babr.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>2.14; <b class="b2">provoke</b>, τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς τὰ πολεμικά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.2.10</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>3.3.7</span>; τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>715</span>; <b class="b3">λόγοι τεθηγμένοι</b> <b class="b2">sharp, biting</b> words. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>313</span>; οὐ γάρ μ' ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>584</span>; <b class="b3">λῆμα τεθ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1625</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς διανοίας ὀργῇ τεθ</b>. Alcid. ap.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1406a10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b3">ὀργὴ γέροντος . . ἐν χειρὶ θήγει σὺν τάχει δ' ἀμβλύνεται</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>894</span>.</span>