τορέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.ré.ɔː/ → /toˈre.o/ → /toˈre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.ré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈre.o/

Verb

τορέω • (toréō)

1. to bore, to pierce
2. to proclaim in shrill, piercing tones
3. to work, to shape

Derived terms

• τορευτικός (toreutikós)
• τορευτής (toreutḗs)
• τορευτός (toreutós)
• τορεύω (toreúō)
• τορητός (torētós)
• τόρος (tóros)
• τορός (torós)

References

• “τορέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τορέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τορέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τορέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τορέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963