διατέμνω

diatemno

cut through, cut in twain, dissever

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book III 1
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697a8
Book VII 1
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815c1
Phaedo 1
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86a4
Phaedrus 1
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265e1
Statesman 1
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280b7
Symposium 1
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190d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

διατέμνω, Ion. and Dor. δια-τάμνω (q.v.), fut. -τεμῶ, A. cut through, cut in twain, dissever, διὰ δὲ γλῶσσαν τάμε μέσσην Il. 17.618, cf.522 (tm.), Hdt. 2.139; διὰ κάρα τεμών S. Fr. 799.6; διὰ κῦμα τεμών cleaving the wave, ib.271.5 (anap.); διχῇ γαῖαν δ. part it asunder, A. Supp. 545 (lyr.); δίχα δ. Pl. Smp. 190d; τι ἀπό τινος Id. Plt. 280b: metaph., disunite, διατετμηκότα τὴν πολιτείαν Aeschin. 3.207. 2. cut up, Hdt. 2.41.

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