ἐκτέμνω,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἐκτάμνω (as always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future -τεμῶ: aorist 2 ἐξέταμον (see. below) or -έτεμον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 575 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future perfect ἐκτετμήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564c, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.458 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—cut out, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.460, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηροῦ ἔκταμ᾽ ὀϊστόν cut an arrow from the thigh, [[ 11.829, compare 515; ἐ. γλῶσσαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.112; ἐ. τὸν λάρυγγά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 575 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a surgeon, cut out a diseased part, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564c (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχῆμα τῆς γῆς [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362a35. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 cut trees out of a wood, cut down, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.149, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of planks, etc., hew out, hew into shape, ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.62, compare 4.486 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα to cut the stumps out of the ground, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἐ. ἶνας cut away the sinews, and so, weaken, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).57; ἐ. ὥσπερ νεῦρα ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 411b; ῥόδον ἐ. ῥίζης “IG” 14.2040: _metaphorically_, ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμες [prev. work] 1362 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 'nip in the bud', πάθος [[ 6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 1.17 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]:—passive, ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]