ἀνατέμνω

anatemno

cut up, cut open

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 503a15–503b28

503b23
Book VI 1
Chapter 10 564b14–566a1

565b9
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

773a28
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 22 478a26–478b21

478a27
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

667b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνατέμνω, A. cut up, cut open, νεκρόν Hdt. 2.87, cf. Luc. Prom. 21. 2. dissect, Hp. Ep. 17, Arist. Spir. 478a21. 3. open up, clear, ὁδούς, αὔλακας, Ph. 1.16,20; ὁδὸν καινήν OGI 701 (Egypt). II. cut off, κλήματα Aeschin. 3.166; γεισηπόδισμα IG 22.463.63.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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