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τρύπανον

τρύπανον, a borer, auger

τρύπᾰν-ον [ῡ], τό,
  • a carpenterʼs tool, borer, auger, rotated by a thong (cf. τρυπάω), Od. 9.385, cf. Pratin.Lyr. 1.14, E. Cyc. 461, Pl. Cra. 388a, Nicoch. 9, AP 6.205 (Leon.); the boring-point of a siege-engine, Aen.Tact. 32.5.
    • II a surgical instrument, trepan, Hp. VC 18; τ. ὀξὺ καὶ εὐθύ the straight-pointed trepan, Gal. 19.129; τ. ἀβάπτιστον, another kind with a guard to prevent its piercing to the brain, Id. 10.447.
    • III fire-drill (v. πυρεῖον 1), ἀχάλκευτα τρύπανα S. Fr. 708, cf. Thphr. HP 5.9.7, Ign. 64.
    • IV τρύπανα, τά, metaph., fellows who will do nothing without driving, Crates ap. Stob. 3.4.50.
      • 2 metaph. of Pan, sens. obsc., Call. Fr. 412.

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