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ἀποτέμνω

apotemno

cut off, sever

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀποτέμνω, Ep., Ion., and Dor. ἀπο-τάμνω, fut. -τεμῶ: aor. 2 Ion. and Dor. -έταμον, Att. -έτεμον:—Pass., fut. ἀποτμηθήσομαι Lys. 6.26: —Α. cut off, sever, παρηορίας ἀπέταμνε Il. 8.87; ἀπὸ στομάχους ἀρνῶν τάμε 3.292, etc.; χρῶτʼ ἀπὸ πάντα καὶ ἄρθρα τεμῶ χερί S. Ph. 1207; τὴν κεφαλήν Hdt. 2.39, cf. IG 4.952.2 (Epid.); τὰ σκέλεα Hdt. 2.40; τὴν ῥὶνα καὶ τὰ ὦτα Id. 3.154, etc.; amputate, X. Mem. 1.2.54, Hp. Art. 69; excise, Id. Haem. 2, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.12 (Pass.); decapitate, ἀλεκτρυόνα PMag.Par. 1.38:—Pass., to be cut off, τὰ ἀκρωτήρια ἀποτμηθήσεσθαι Lys. 6.26; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς Aeschin. 1.168 (s. v.l.; ἐκτμ. Suid.); τὴν κεφαλήν Luc. Nav. 33; τὸν τράχηλον Arr. Epict. 1.2.27. 2. cut off, divide, sever, in a geographical sense, ὁ Ἅλυς . . ἀποτάμνει σχεδὸν πάντα τῆς Ἀσίης Hdt. 1.72; ὄρεα ὑψηλὰ ἀ. [τὴν χώρην] Id. 4.25: mathematically, ἥμισυ . . ἡ γραμμὴ ἀ. Pl. Men. 85a, cf. Arist. Mech. 849a37:—Med., Pl. Phlb. 42b:—Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, X. An. 3.4.29. 3. cut off, check, put an end to, τὰς μηχανάς Cratin. 289 (s. v.l.). 4. cut off, separate in argument, Pl. Lg. 753c:—Med., Arist. Metaph. 1003a24:—Pass., to be so cut off or abstracted, Id. Ph. 202b8. 5. ἀ. τὰ βαλλάντια to be a cut-purse, Pl. R. 348d. 6. cut open, ἱερεῖον Plu. Cim. 18. b. ἀποτεμεῖν· ἁγνίσαι, Hsch. II. Med., cut off for oneself, ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι Il. 22.347; ἀ. πλόκαμον Hdt. 4.34; τὴν χώρην ἀ. τάφρον ὀρυξάμενοι ib.3; ἀ. τοῦ ὠτός cut off a bit of . ., ib.71. 2. cut off, with a view of appropriating, πεντήκοντʼ ἀγέλης ἀπετάμνετο . . βοῦς h.Merc. 74; τὰς Θυρέας ἐούσας τῆς Ἀργολίδος μοίρης ἀποταμόμενοι ἔσχον Hdt. 1.82; χώραν, ὀργάδα, Isoc. 5.122, D. 13.32, etc.(in Pass., of the coutry cut off, Hdt. 1.82, etc.); ἀ. ὡς μέγιστα τῶν Ἀθηναίων cut off as much power as possible from them, Th. 8.46: also c. gen., χώρας ἀποτάμνεσθαι cut off a part of . ., SIG 56.24 (Argos, v B.C.), cf. Isoc. 1.88; Φοινίκης ἀ. Ἀραβίας τε to have a slice or portion of . ., Theoc. 17.86. 3. cut off from common use, consecrate, ὕλας Luc. Sacr. 10. 4. subtend, of the chord of an arc, S.E. M. 1.304.
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