cut out,
ἐκτέμνω, Ep. and Ion.
ἐκτάμνω(as always in Hom. ),fut.-τεμῶ:aor. 2 ἐξέταμον(v. infr.) or -έτεμον
S. Tr. 1196 , Ar. Ra. 575 :fut. perf.
A.
ἐκτετμήσομαι
Pl. R. 564c
, Ph. 1.458 :—cut out,
μηροὺς ἐξέταμον
Il. 1.460
, etc.;μηροῦ ἔκταμ' ὀϊστόν cutan arrowfromthe thigh, 11.829 , cf. 515 ; ἐ. γλῶσσαν
Hdt. 9.112
; ἐ. τὸν λάρυγγά τινος
Ar. Ra. 575
; of a surgeon,cut outa diseased part, Pl. R. 564c ( Pass. ); σχῆμα τῆς γῆς
Arist. Mete. 362a35
.
2. cuttreesoutof a wood,cut down,
Il. 12.149 , S. Tr. 1196 ; also of planks, etc.,hew out, hew into shape,
ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν
Il. 3.62
, cf. 4.486 ;ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα to cutthe stumpsout of the ground,
Lys. 7.19 .
3. ἐ. ἶνας cut awaythe sinews, and so,weaken,
Pi. I. 8(7).57 ; ἐ. ὥσπερ νεῦρα ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς
Pl. R. 411b
; ῥόδον ἐ. ῥίζης
IG 14.2040
: metaph.,ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμεςib. 1362 ; 'nip in the bud', πάθος
Alex.Trall. 1.17
:— Pass. , ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον
Ph. 1.17
.
II. castrate,
παῖδας
Hdt. 6.32
, 8.105 ; ὄρχεις ἐ.
S. Fr. 620
; οἱ ἐκτετμημένοι eunuchs,
Arist. HA 518a31
;ἐ. τὰ θήλεα circumcisefemales, Str. 17.2.5 , cf. 16.4.9 ( Pass. ).
III. = κείρειν, γῆς ἐκτεμνομένης
D.H. 9.57
(s. v.l.).
IV. ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ to disarm and deceiveby kindness, Plb. 30.30.8 .
