Thereafter I cut away the leafy branches of the long-leafed olive, and, trimming the trunk from the root, I smoothed it around with the adze well and cunningly, and made it straight to the line, thus fashioning the bed-post; and I bored it all with the augur.
καὶ τότ' ἔπειτ' ἀπέκοψα κόμην τανυφύλλου ἐλαίης , κορμὸν δ' ἐκ ῥίζης προταμὼν ἀμφέξεσα χαλκῷ εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως , καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνα , ἑρμῖν' ἀσκήσας , τέτρηνα δὲ πάντα τερέτρῳ .
καί τότε ἔπειτα ἀποκόπτω κόμη τανύφυλλος ἐλαία , κορμός δέ ἐκ ῥίζα προτέμνω ἀμφιξέω χαλκός εὖ καί ἐπισταμένως , καί ἐπί στάθμη ἰθύνω , ἑρμίς ἀσκέω , τετραίνω δέ πᾶς τέρετρον .