τολυπεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wind off</b> carded wool <b class="b2">into a clew</b> for spinning, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>587</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">wind off, achieve, accomplish</b>, <b class="b3">ἐγὼ δὲ δόλους τολυπεύω</b>, of Penelope's web (with a play on the literal sense), <span class="bibl">Od.19.137</span>; ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε <span class="bibl">1.238</span>, <span class="bibl">4.490</span>, al.; <b class="b3">Φρῃξὶν πένθος τ</b>. <b class="b2">work</b> them grief, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>744</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">δόμον τ</b>. <b class="b2">finish building</b> it, <span class="title">AP</span>9.655; λίθον . . ἐκ θεμέθλων <span class="title">Arch.Anz.</span>31.149 (Nicopolis). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">endure</b>, ἐς γῆρας τ. ἀργαλέους πολέμους <span class="bibl">Il.14.86</span>; ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ πάθεν ἄλγεα <span class="bibl">24.7</span>. (Poet. word, v. l. in <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.1.2</span> for <b class="b3">πολιτεύω</b>.) </span>