to furnish the oar with its thong : Mid., τροποῦτο κώπην ἀμφὶ σκαλμόν fastened his oar by its thong round the thole, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;Pass., of the oar, to be furnished with its thong , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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G9501 — τροπόω
tropoō · to put to flight · Greek