τρύπανον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], τό, a [[carpenter]]'s tool, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[borer]], [[auger]], rotated by a [[thong]] (cf. [[τρυπάω]]), <span class="bibl">Od.9.385</span>, cf. Pratin.Lyr.<span class="bibl">1.14</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>461</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>388a</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicoch.9</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.205 (Leon.); the [[boring]]-[[point]] of a [[siege]] [[engine]], <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.32.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a surgical instrument, [[trepan]], <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">VC</span>18</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ὀξὺ καὶ εὐθύ</b> the straight-pointed [[trepan]], Gal.19.129; <b class="b3">τ. ἀβάπτιστον</b>, another kind with a guard to prevent its piercing to the brain, Id.10.447. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[fire-drill]] (v. [[πυρεῖον]] 1), ἀχάλκευτα τρύπανα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>708</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ign.</span>64</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τρύπανα]], τά, metaph., [[fellow]]s who will do [[nothing]] [[without]] [[driving]], Crates ap. Stob.3.4.50. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of Pan, sens. obsc., <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>412</span>.</span>