τομ-εύω,
A.
= τέμνω , Hsch.
-ή,ἡ,(τέμνω)end left after cutting, stumpof a tree,ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα τομὴν ἐν ὄρεσσι λέλοιπεν [τὸ σκῆπτρον] Il. 1.235 ;ῥιζῶν τομαί the endsof the roots (left by cutting awaythe tree), S. Fr. 534.5 (anap.);ὀπὸν . . στάζοντα τομῆςib. 2 ;δοκοῦ τ. endof a beam, Th. 2.76 ; ἡ τοῦ καλάμου τ.
Thphr. HP 4.11.7
, cf. Theoc. 10.46 ;λίθοι ἐν τομῇ ἐγγώνιοιstones cut square, Th. 1.93 (sed leg.ἐντομῇ); σκέψαι τομῇ προσθεῖσα βόστρυχονhaving fitted the lock tothe place from which it was cut,
A. Ch. 229 (σκέψαιτο μὴcod. M, distinxit Turnebus);πρὸς τὴν τ. μεταστρέφεινto thecut,
Pl. Smp. 190e , cf. Arist. HA 532a4 .
b. Ταύροιο τ.prob. = προτομή
1 , Arat. 322 .
2. Math.,section,as a circle is thesectionof a sphere, a conic section of the cone, Arist. Mete. 375b32 , Pr. 912a13 , cf. App.Anth. 4.74 (Synesius); with or withoutκοινή, the line in which two planes cuteach other, Arist. Metaph. 1060b14 , Euc. 11.16 , Archim. Con.Sph. 11 , al., Apollon.Perg. Con. 1.4 , etc.;point of intersectionof two lines, Archim. Spir. 20 , al., Ptol. Alm. 3.3 , etc.: abstract use,περὶ διωρισμένης τ. On determinate section,name of lost treatise of Apollon.Perg. ;τὰ περὶ τὴν τ.the theorems about thesection(sc. in extreme and mean ratio), Procl. in Euc. p.67 F.:—in conic sections,τομαὶ ἀντικείμεναιoppositesections,i.e. branches of hyperbola, Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.15 ;συζυγεῖς τ.conjugatesectionsof hyperbolas, ib. 17 .