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χα^ράσσω , Att. χα^ράκ-ττω ,
2. furnish with notches or teeth, like a saw, “τὰ σιδήριαArist.Aud.803a3:—Pass., of certain birds, “ἔχουσι . . τὰ ἄκρα τοῦ ῥύγχους κεχαραγμέναId.PA662b16; φύλλα κεχαραγμένα serrated leaves, Dsc.4.173, cf. Thphr.HP3.10.5; σκύταλον κεχ. ὄζοις jagged or rugged with . . , Theoc.17.31.
3. metaph., whet, stimulate,ἔρως ψυχὰς χ.S.Fr.684 codd. Stob. (“ταράσσειE.Fr.431 codd. Clem.Al.); “τὸ φιλόνικονPlu.2.92a, cf. 825f:—Pass., κεχαραγμένος τινί exasperated at . . , Hdt.7.1; κείνῳ τόδε μὴ χαράσσου be not angry at him for this, E.Med.157 (lyr.); “τῇπαρρησίᾳ χαραχθείςPlu.2.74e.
2. smite, LXX 3 Ki.15.27.
3. stamp, seal, PRyl. 160.6 (i. A. D.), etc.
4. brand, BGU100.3 (Pass., ii A. D.), etc.
III. engrave, carve, ἐν νομίσματι [Βάττον] χ. (i.e. stamp his portrait) Arist. Fr.528; “οὔρεακαὶ πόντον ὑπὲρ τύμβοιοAP7.237 (Alph.); στάλαν ib.547 (Leon.Alex.); inscribe,δόγματα . . εἰς στήληνSIG795B27 (Delph., i A. D.); “γράμμα . . τοίχοισι χαράξωTheoc.23.46, cf. AP12.130; “ἐν τύμβῳ γράμμ᾽ ἐχάραξε τόδεErinn.5.8; “τὸν Τροίης πόλεμον σελίδεσσι χ.APl.4.293; “γραφίδεσσι . . χάραξα . . ἱερὸν λόγονHymn.Is.11; [“νόμους] εἰς πίνακας χ.D.S.12.26; “ γραμματεὺς τοῦ δήμου τὸ β́ ἐχάραξαBMus.Inscr.481*.430 (Ephesus); simply, write,γράμματαPMasp.2 ii 2 (vi A. D.), sketch, draw,μορφὴν χαράξαιAP11.412 (Antioch.), cf. Anacreont.55.5; of the down marking the cheek, APl.5.344:—so in Med., “ἴουλος ἄχνοα χιονέης ἐχαράσσετο κύκλα παρειῆςNonn.D.10.180:—Pass., ib.5.404; [ὄμμα] ἠλεμάτοις ἀκτῖσι χαράσσεται, of lines drawn with antimony, AP9.139 (Claudian.); ἐπὶτοῦ νομίσματος κεχαράχθαι πέλεκυνArist.Fr.593; “στήλας γράμμασι κεχαραγμέναςD.S.3.44; “στῆλαι χαράσσονταιIG14.297 (Panormus); “τοῖχος ἅπας ἐχαράσσετοLuc.Am.16; τὸ χαραχθὲν νόμισμα stamped money, coin, Plb.10.27.13; “χρῆσθαι τῷ . . μέτρῳ κεχαραγμένῳ τῷ χαρακτῆριIG22.1013.64; also of the letters engraved, Peripl.M. Eux.2: metaph., λέξις κεχαραγμένη with a stamp, i.e. character of its own, Diocl.Magn.Stoic.3.213; τὴν μὲν (sc. τὴν σοφιστικὴν)“ ἰδιώματι κεχαράχθαι φήσομενPhld.Rh.1.77 S. (Perh. a Semitic loan-word, cf. Hebr. [hudot ]āraš 'engrave'; or cogn. with Lith. že[rtilde]<*>i 'rake, scrape'.)
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