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τρυπάω

τρυπάω, to bore, pierce through

τρῡπ-άω,
  • bore, pierce through, ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ (opt.) δόρυ νήϊον ἀνὴρ τρυπάνῳ, οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι (cf. τρυπανία) Od. 9.384, cf. Hp. VC 18, Pl. Cra. 387e; ἐτρύπησεν τῷ ποδὶ τὴν βελόνην (of a very thin man) AP 11.102 (Ammian. or Nicarch.), 308 (Lucill.); with double acc., πόνος με τὸν πόδα τ. is stabbing into, Luc. Ocyp. 169; cf. ἁλία (B):—Pass., τετρυπήσθω τὸ τρῆμα let the hole be bored, Hp. Steril. 222; διʼ ὠτὸς . . τρυπωμένου through well-bored ear, i. e. open to hear, S. Fr. 858 (codd. Plu., but ῥυπωμένου is prob. cj.); τὰ ὦτα τετρυπημένος having oneʼs ears pierced for ear-rings, X. An. 3.1.31; ψῆφος τετρυπημένη the pebble of condemnation which had a hole in it, opp. πλήρης, Aeschin. 1.79, Arist. Ath. 68.2, 69.1; ἐτετρύπητο ἄλλη ἔξοδος Luc. Alex. 16.
      • 2 sens. obsc., Theoc. 5.42, APl. 16.243 (Antist.).

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