τομός, ή, όν,
(τέμνω) cutting, sharp, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 61e, Timo 4 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; variant for{τολμηρόν} in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μὲν σφαγεὺς ἕστηκεν ᾗ τομώτατος as it will cut sharpest, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 815. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, λόγος τομ-ώτερος σιδήρου Ps.[[ 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 124. cf. NT.Heb.4.12 ] NT+6th c.BC+]; of persons, οἱ -ώτατοι the sharpest, hottest, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 78 codices; ἐρέω τιτομώτερον ἣ ἀπὸ δάφνης [prev. author] “Del.” 94 codices; πράξεις -ώτεραι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare τορός. adverb -μῶς sharply, clearly, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {τμήδην}. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]