whetstone
whetstone
subs.
V. θηγά̆νη, ἡ.
subs.
V. θηγά̆νη, ἡ.
WHETSTONE
cos cotis.
cos cotis.
whetstone: cos, cōtis, f.: I will play the part of a w. which can sharpen steel, fungar vice cotis acutum reddere quae ferrum valet, Hor. A. P. 304: to sharpen axes on the w., subigere in cote secures, Virg. Aen. 7, 627: they said that anger was as it were the w. of courage, iracundiam fortitudinis quasi cotem esse dicebant, Cic. Acad. 2, 44, 135.