περιτέμνω,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect περι-τάμνω, cut or clip round about, οἴνας περιταμνέμεν prune them, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 570; [τὴν κεφαλὴν] π. κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ ὦτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a goldsmith, [[ “CPR” 22.6 (2nd c.AD):] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, βραχίονας περιτάμνονται make incisions all over their arms, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be cut up, of fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 835a19. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of circumcision, τῶν ἐπιγινομένων οὐ περιτάμνουσι τὰ αἰδοῖα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.104, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 79.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς παῖδας [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.28, cf. LXX.Josh.5.2, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 76.13 (3rd c.BC)] LXX+3rd c.BC+], etc.:— middle, περιτάμνονται τὰ αἰδοῖα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36, 104, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.32; περιετέμοντο τὴν σάρκα LXX.Gen.34.24 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: absolutely, practise circumcision, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ LXX.Gen.17.10, +others ] LXX]
__3 cut off the extremities, τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὴν ῥῖνα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.162; τοὺς μαστούς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.7; τὰ περιττά 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 20:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, περιτάμνεσθαι γῆν to be curtailed of certain land, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.159; πᾶσαν.. περιτεμνόμενον σοφίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 473 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]