τορνόομαι

• mark off with the τόρνος, make round, τορνώσαντο σῆμα they rounded off the barrow, Il. 23.255; ὅσσον τίς τʼ ἔδαφος νηὸς τορνώσεται large as the bottom of a ship which a man shall round off, with allusion to the round shape of a merchant vessel (cf. γαῦλος), opp. to a ship of war, Od. 5.249, cf. D.P. 1170, Tryph. 64.—Act. τορνῶσαι· περιγράψαι, κυκλῶσαι, Hsch., who also has Pass. τορνοῦμαι δὲ πρὸς μέτρον· ἀντὶ τοῦ περιγράφομαι (perh. a Trag. fragment).

[τόρνος, a carpenter’s tool, a string used for striking circles.]

3 pl. aor. τορνώσαντο Il. 23.255.

3 sing. subj. τορνώσεται Od. 5.249.

To mark off the circumference of, mark out the space which something is intended to cover : τορνώσαντο σῆμα Il. 23.255. Cf. Od. 5.249.

• Dep. to mark off with the τόρνος, to make round, τορνώσαντο σῆμα they rounded off the barrow, Il.; ὅσσον τίς τʼ ἔδαφος νηὸς τορνώσεται large as the bottom of a ship which a man shall round off, with allusion to the round shape of a merchant-vessel (cf. γαυλός), Od.