τολυπεύω

A. wind off carded wool into a clew for spinning, Ar. Lys. 587 (anap.).

II. metaph., wind off, achieve, accomplish, ἐγὼ δὲ δόλους τολυπεύω, of Penelope's web (with a play on the literal sense), Od. 19.137; ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε 1.238, 4.490, al.; Φρῃξὶν πένθος τ. work them grief, E. Rh. 744 (anap.); δόμον τ. finish building it, AP 9.655; λίθον . . ἐκ θεμέθλων Arch.Anz. 31.149 (Nicopolis).

2. endure, ἐς γῆρας τ. ἀργαλέους πολέμους Il. 14.86; ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ πάθεν ἄλγεα 24.7. (Poet. word, v. l. in J. AJ 17.1.2 for πολιτεύω.)