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__AIonic dialect, Doric dialect, and Epic dialect τάμνω, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.105, +others (τέμνω once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.175), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 263, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 22, “SIG” 1026.20 (Cos, _passive_), compare ἀποτέμνω, διατέμνω] Refs 8th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular present τέμει only in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.707 (_2nd pers._ _sing._ τέμεις] Refs 8th c.BC+] probably in epigram cited in [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs] see at {βοῦς ἕβδομος}): τέμνω is falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.68 and variant in “O.” 13.57, compare τάμνω [prev. work] 12.6, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.17, 16.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], but is the only Attic dialect present, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.26, “IG” 12.76.56, etc. (see. also τμήγω): Iterat. τέμνεσκον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1215, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.217 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future τεμῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 493, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect τεμέω [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ἔτᾰμον, Epic dialect τάμον, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.292, +others, “SIG” 4.10 (Cyzicus, 6th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.33, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.132 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive ταμέειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.197 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect ἔτεμον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.7, “IG” 22.1666 A 8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτμηκα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 178a21, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 85a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect3rd.pers. singular τετμάκει [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 22, 26 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ionic dialectand Epic dialect participle (in passive sense) τετμηώς [[A.R 4.156 ] Refs]:—middle, future τεμοῦμαι [[ (ὑπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 291 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.19, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐταμόμην, infinitive ταμέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.580 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect ἐτεμόμην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 280d (ἀπ-), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future τμηθήσομαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Lineis Insecabilibus” 968b17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τμα- [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 2.2; also τετμήσομαι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.24, (ἐκ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτμήθην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 480, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐτμα- [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect τέτμημαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.195, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.26, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τετμα- [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 12 (τετμη- 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).22 codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—cut, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and elsewhere usually of particular kinds of cutting (see. below)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; generally, ὀδόντας οἵους τέμνειν fit for cutting, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιοῦτον τμῆμα τέμνεται τὸ τεμνόμενον, οἷον τὸ τέμνον τέμνε; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 476d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A.2 cut, wound, maim, ἀλλήλων ταμέειν χρόα χαλκῷ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.501, 16.761 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς δέρην τ. wound her in the neck, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 592 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ στενοὶ (i.e. τελαμῶνες) τέμνουσι narrow bandages cut the patient, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.3 of a surgeon, cut, ἐκ μηροῦ τ. βέλος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.844; τ. τὰν κοιλίαν “IG” 42(1).122.40 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν χεῖρα (in blood-letting) [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.810] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, use the knife, as opposed to to cautery (κάειν), ἤτοι κέαντες ἢ τεμόντες [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 849, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456b, 480c, 521e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be operated upon, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 479a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4 cut, castrate, ἐρίφους, βοῦν, κάπρον, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 786, 791 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr. D.” 15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.5 prune vines, [[ LXX.Lev.25.3, cf. LXX.Isa.5.6 (_passive_)] LXX]; cut, i.e. gather, herbs, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.132 (_passive_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.II cut up, cut to pieces, of animals, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.209 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. μελεϊστί, διὰ μελεϊστί, κατὰ μέλη,[[ 24.409, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.291, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.49; τ. ἰχθῦς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65, compare 3.42 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, ταμνομένους κρέα πολλά [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.364. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.b slaughter, sacrifice, ταμέειν Διί τ᾽ Ἠελίῳ τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.197 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σφάγια τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1196 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σφάγια τέμνεται [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 400. ] Refs]
__A.II.2 ὅρκια τάμνειν sacrifice in attestation of an oath, and hence, take solemn oaths, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.124, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.483, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] (also in late Prose, as [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.24.3, 21.32.15, +others); Φιλότητα καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.73, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον I made a truce which was death to thee, [[ 4.155 ] Refs]; ἐπὶ τούτοισι τ. ὅρκιον on these terms, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.132 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ὅρκιον, τ. τισὶ μένειν τὸ ὅρκιον make a covenant that.. , [[ [prev. author] 4.201; also σπονδὰς τέμωμεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1235 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρα φίλιά μοι τεμε; [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 376 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]:—middle, of two parties, ὅρκια τάμνεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 φάρμακον τέμνειν cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 836b: _metaphorically_, [prev. work] 919b, “Ep.” 353e: hence πόρον or ἄκος τέμνειν] Refs 5th c.BC+] contrive a means or remedy, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 807 (Lyric poetry, uncertain reading), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 121 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 divide, of a river, μέσην τ. Λιβύην cut it in twain, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 411 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a mountain-chain, [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 340, 890 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. δίχα cleave in two, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190d:-] Refs 5th c.BC+]middle, ἑπτὰ μέρη τεμόμενος having divided it into seven parts, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 695c ] Refs]:—passive, γραμμὴ δίχα τετμημένη [[ [prev. author] “R.” 509d ] Refs]; τετμημένος ἐξ ἑνὸς δύο cut from one into two, [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 191d. ] Refs]
__A.II.4.b διὰ τῆς δριμυφαγίας εἰ καὶ τὸ πάχος τέμνοιτο τοῦ γάλακτος were to be diluted, thinned, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.98; ἡ τῆς πτισάνης [ὕλη] τ. καὶ ὑγραίνει τὰ τῆς ἀναπτύσεως δεόμενα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.507, compare 6.352, 14.742; τέμνειν καὶ λεπτύνειν τὰ παχέα τῶν ὑγρῶν [prev. author] 6.760, compare Vict. _Attic dialect_ 1, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.5 divide logically, τ. δίχα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 49a, “Plt.” 287b; τ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀρτίῳ καὶ περιττῷ into even and odd, [prev. work] 262e, compare 266e, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς δύο μέρη τέμνουσι [τὴν πραγματείαν] [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, διχῇ τέμνεσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 223c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III cut off, sever ἐκ κεφαλέων τρίχας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.273; κεφαλὴν ἀπὸ δειρῆς 18.177; δρακόντοιν κάρα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1047, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 619; λαιμούς τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1560 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλόκον, φόβας, βόστρυχον, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1179, “El.” 449, 901 (_passive_), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τράχηλον σώματος χωρίς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 241 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὕδραν τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426e: with double _accusative_, ἐρινεὸν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ τάμνε νέους ὄρπηκας] Refs 5th c.BC+] cut the branches off the fig-tree, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.38 (ἐρινεοῦ conjecture Agar):] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, τρίχας ἐτμήθην had them cut off, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 480. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 part off, mark off, τέλσον ἀρούρης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.707; τέμενος 6.194; so in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, [[ 9.580 ] Refs]; also τάμνοντ᾽ ἀμφὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας they cut them off, surrounded them, [[ 18.528. ] Refs]
__A.IV cut down, fell, of trees and timber, δένδρεα, δρῦς, φιτρούς, [[ 11.88, 23.119, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.11, etc.; δοῦρα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 807 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς.. ἔτεμε τὰν δακρυόεσσαν Ἰλίῳ πεύκα; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 231 (Lyric poetry); τ. ὕλην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ξύλα ἐκ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος[[ [prev. work] 75; χάρακας ἐκ τοῦ τεμένους [prev. author] 3.70 ] Refs]:—passive, [μελίη] χαλκῷ ταμνομένη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.180; ῥόπαλον τετμημένον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.195 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ὕλη ἡ τετμ. the felled timber, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, δοῦρα τάμνεσθαι fell oneself timber, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.243, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.82, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 634 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.IV.2 λίθον τ. hew or quarry it, [[ “IG” 12.76.56, compare 22.1666 A 8, 42(1).102.41, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a, “PPetr.” 2p.6 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. μέταλλον open or work a mine, [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 35 (_passive_):] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, λίθους τάμνεσθαι have them wrought or hewn, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV.3 cut down for purposes of destruction, γῆς τ. βλαστήματα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1204; τ. τὸν σῖτον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τ. τὴν γῆν lay waste the country by felling the fruit-trees, cutting the corn, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.86, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.19, 55, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.8 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς γῆς ἔτεμον οὐ πολλήν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.7: with _partitive_ _genitive_, τῆς γῆς τ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. waste part of it, [[ [prev. author] 1.30, 2.56:] Refs] —passive [[, [prev. work] 18, 20. ] Refs]
__A.V cut into shape, δέρμα βόειον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.24; ἱμάντας ἐκ τοῦ δέρματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.25 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, νομέας ταμόμενοι [[ [prev. author] 1.194. ] Refs]
__A.VI cut lengthwise, τ. γῆν, ἄρουραν, plough it, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.47, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 196. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__A.VI.2 τ. ὁδόν cut or make a road, τ. ὁδοὺς εὐθείας [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100; τ. διάπλους ἐκ τῶν διωρύχων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118e; τάφρον τεμέσθαι “PHal.” 1.107 (3rd c.BC); ὁ τέμνων (i.e. τὴν τάφρον) [prev. work] 110: _metaphorically_, ὀχετοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν πλεύμονα ἔτεμον] Refs 5th c.BC+] carried channels or ducts to the lungs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 70d, compare 77c; οὐκ.. ἐγὼ πρῶτος ταύτην ἐτεμόμην τὴν ὁδόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μυρίαι τέτμηνται κέλευθοι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).22; οὐ τετμημένων [τῶν] ὁδῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.136, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VI.2.b make one's way, advance, ὦ τὴν ἐν ἄστροις.. τέμνων ὁδὸν.. Ἥλιε [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1; διὰ μέσου.. αἰθέρος τέμνων κέλευθον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1100 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν μεσόγαιαν τ. τῆς ὁδοῦ take the inland road, strike through the interior, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.124, 9.89: _metaphorically_, μέσον τι τέμνειν] Refs 5th c.BC+] hold a middle course, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν μέσην τ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.7b] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μέσον τινὰ [βίον] τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793a; βιότοιο τ. τρίβον “Anthologia Graeca” 9.359 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus or 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus), 360 (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make one's way, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1244, 4.771. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.VI.3 of ships, cut through the waves, plough the sea, τ. πέλαγος μέσον, κύματα θαλάσσης, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.175, 13.88, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.68: _metaphorically_, ψεύδη.. τάμνοισαι κυλίνδοντ᾽ ἐλπίδες] Refs 8th c.BC+] men's hopes are tossed about as they cut through the sea of lies, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 12.6: of birds, αἰθέρος αὔλακα τ] Refs]. cleave the air, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1400, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 383, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Epigrammata - PLG” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VII cut short, bring to a crisis or decision, μαχᾶν τ. τέλος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.57; κίνδυνον τ. σιδάρῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 758 (Lyric poetry); λόγῳ τὰ διάφορα τεμεῖν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 18.164 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς δίκας τ. [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 3.1.12, compare 2.12.27.2, +others ] Refs]
__A.VIII ταμών metaphoricallyfor ἀρύσας, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 143. (Cf.Slovenian τνèμ τéęti] Refs 5th c.BC+] 'to hack', Ir. tamnaim 'I mutilate'.)
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