- τρίζω
- τρίζω, Od.24.5,7, Hp.Morb.2.55, Arist.HA504a19, al.; but [tense] pf. τέτριγα is more freq. in [tense] pres. sense, [dialect] Ep. part. τετριγῶτες, for τετριγότες, Il.2.314:—prop. of sounds uttered by animals (cf. τριγμός, τρύζω),A utter a shrill cry, of young birds, Il.2.314; of bats, Od.24.7, cf. Hdt.3.110; of the
Τρωγοδύται, τετρίγασι κατά περ αἱ νυκτερίδες Id.4.183
; of partridges, Arist.HA536b14; of the ἴυγξ, ib.504a19; of locusts, Id.Mir.844b26; of young swallows, Luc.Tim.21; of the elephant, Id.Zeux.10; of mice, Arat.1132, Babr.108.23, etc.; of the fish called σελάχη, Arist.HA535b25: also applied to the noise made by ghosts, 'squeak and gibber', Il.23.101, Od.24.5,9; ἔτριζον δίκην ἀσπίδων ([etym.] αἱ ψυχαί) Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44.2 of other sounds, τετρίγει ([dialect] Ep. [tense] plpf.) δ' ἄρα νῶτα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν the wrestlers' backs creaked, Il.23.714; so τρίζει, crepitates, of a broken collar-bone, Sor.Fract.13;τέτριγε δ' ὁ κυνόδων
grinds,Epich.
21; τὸ τρίζειν ἀκουσίως involuntary gnashing, Gal.7.150;τ. τοὺς ὀδόντας Ev.Marc.9.18
;τοῖς ὀδοῦσι Hippiatr.86
; of a musical string, give a crack, AP6.54 (Paul. Sil.); of an axle, creak,ἄξων τετριγὼς ὑπ' ἄμαξαν Call.Hec.1.4.14
; so of a cart-wheel, Babr.52.2; of a shoe, Philostr.Ep.37 (τρύζοι codd.);ἡ κοιλίη τ. Hp.Morb.2.55
; of singing in the ears, τὰ ὦτα τέτριγε ib.15; of the hissing or crackling of a person burnt in the fire, Eup.120.
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