συντέμνω,
Ionic dialect συν-τάμνω [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.123: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future -τεμῶ: aorist -έτεμον:— cut down, cut short, ξ. τὰς πρῴρας ἐς ἔλασσον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. χιτῶνας cut out, shape them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συντέμνει δ᾽ ὅρος ὑγρᾶς θαλάσσης the sea cuts short, terminates (my realm), [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 258 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. τὰς πλεκτάνας cut them off, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187, compare 84. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, εἰς ἓν.. πάντα τὰ μέλη ξυντεμῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1262; τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν σ. εἰς μῆν᾽ ἕνα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 25.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμὰς ξ. abridge them, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 227; πόνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 450 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, πάντα τοι ξυντέμνεται Κύπρις.. βουλεύματα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 especially of expenses, σ. τὴν μισθοφοράν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὰς δαπάνας εἰς τὰ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν cut down one's expenses to one's daily wants, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 4.9:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, εἰ.. ἐς εὐτέλειάν τι ξυντέτμηται (see. εὐτέλεια [[ 11) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συντμηθῆναι τὴν σύνταξιν that my allowance has been cut down, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 577.11 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 of persons, cut them off, συντέμνουσι γὰρ θεῶν.. τοὺς κακόφρονας Βλάβαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1103. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]