τολυπ-εύω,
wind off carded wool into a clew for spinning, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 587 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, wind off, achieve, accomplish, ἐγὼ δὲ δόλους τολυπεύω, of Penelope's web (with a play on the literal sense), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.137; ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε 1.238, 4.490, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Φρῃξὶν πένθος τ. work them grief, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 744 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόμον τ. finish building it, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.655; λίθον.. ἐκ θεμέθλων “Arch.Anz.” 31.149 (from Nicopolis). ] Refs]
__II.2 endure, ἐς γῆρας τ. ἀργαλέους πολέμους [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86; ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ πάθεν ἄλγεα 24.7. (poetical word, see reading in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.1.2 for πολιτεύω.) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]