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|Definition=ή, όν, (τετραίνω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">perforated, with a hole in it</b>, λίθος <span class="bibl">Od. 13.77</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τρητοῖσι λεχέεσσιν</b>, prob. of [[inlaid]] bedsteads (cf. [[τορευτός]]), <span class="bibl">Il.3.448</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.440</span>, al.; others expld. it of the [[holes]] through which the cords that supported the bedding were drawn, or of the [[holes]] in the bedposts which received the framework (ἐνήλατα), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span> 765.3</span>:—<b class="b3">μελισσᾶν τρητὸς πόνος</b>, i. e. the honeycomb, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.54</span>; τρητά [[mortised]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>279e</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ὀστοῦν</b>, opp. [[ἄτρητον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>516a27</span>; <b class="b3">λίθαξ τ</b>. pumice-stone, <span class="title">AP</span>6.66 (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">τ. δόνακες</b> shepherd's pipes, ib.78 (Eratosth.).</span>