κατατέμνω,
Ionic dialect κατα-τάμνω, future - [[ τεμῶ Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 301 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: aorist κατέτεμον (see. below); Ionic dialect and Doric dialect [[ κατέταμον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.26, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.14] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—cut in pieces, cut up, [[ κρέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1059; ἑαυτόν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 1.2.55; τὴν κεφαλήν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212; γέρρα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 4.7.26 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle, κ. δέραν ὄνυχι lacerate, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” 146 (Lyric poetry, tmesis):—] Refs 5th c.BC+]passive, τελαμῶσι κατατετμημένοις with regularly cut bandages, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; σπλάγχνα κατατετμημένα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1524 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; χώρη ἐς διώρυχας -τέτμηται is cut up into ditches or canals, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, compare 2.8; κατετέτμηντο ἐξ αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν διωρύχων) τάφροι ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 2.4.13 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__b metaphorically, [[ τι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις κ. Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Hp.Ma.” 301b ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__2 with double accusative, κ. τινὰ καττύματα cut him up into strips, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 301; σῶμα κατατεμὼν κύβους] Refs 5th c.BC+] having cut it up into cubes, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.4; τὴν βατίδα τεμάχη κατατεμών 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 22; ὅτι σμικρότατα τὸ σῶμα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 610b ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. (i.e. τὰν γᾶν) μερίδας τέτορας [[“Tab.Heracl.” [same place]: ] Refs] —passive, κατατμηθείην λέπαδνα may I be cut up into straps, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 768. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]