ἐπιτομ-ή, ἡ,
(ἐπιτέμνω) cutting on the surface, incision, τῆς κεφαλῆς [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.51, compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 64.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II epitome, abridgement, φυσικῶν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 891a7; ἐ. καὶ στοιχείωσις 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.4U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; title of works by Chrysippus, etc., [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.5, etc.; ἐ. κεφαλαιώδεις 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.5, cf. LXX.2Mac.2.28; ἐν ἐπιτομῇ ] LXX+1st c.BC+]briefly, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.20.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐ. τῆς οἰκουμένης, of Rome, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.20b. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III right of cutting, εἰ δέ κα ἀμπέλους, ἐπιτομὰ ἔστω [[ “Supp.epigram” 2.293.11 (Delph., 3rd-2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]