ἐκτέμνω

ἐκτέμνω, Ep. and Ion. ἐκτάμνω (as always in Hom.), fut. -τεμῶ : aor. 2 ἐξέταμον (v. infr.) or -έτεμον S. Tr. 1196, Ar. Ra. 575 : fut. perf. ἐκτετμήσομαι Pl. R. 564c, Ph. 1.458:—Α. cut out, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον Il. 1.460, etc.; μηροῦ ἔκταμʼ ὀϊστόν cut an arrow from the thigh, 11.829, cf. 515; ἐ. γλῶσσαν Hdt. 9.112 ; ἐ. τὸν λάρυγγά τινος Ar. Ra. 575 ; of a surgeon, cut out a diseased part, Pl. R. 564c (Pass.); σχῆμα τῆς γῆς Arist. Mete. 362a35. 2. cut trees out of a wood, cut down, Il. 12.149, S. Tr. 1196 ; also of planks, etc., hew out, hew into shape, ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν Il. 3.62, cf. 4.486 ; ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα to cut the stumps out of the ground, Lys. 7.19. 3. ἐ. ἶνας cut away the sinews, and so, weaken, Pi. I. 8(7).57 ; ἐ. ὥσπερ νεῦρα ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl. R. 411b ; ῥόδον ἐ. ῥίζης IG 14.2040 : metaph., ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμες ib. 1362 ; ‘nip in the bud’, πάθος Alex.Trall. 1.17 :—Pass., ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον Ph. 1.17. II. castrate, παῖδας Hdt. 6.32, 8.105 ; ὄρχεις ἐ. S. Fr. 620 ; οἱ ἐκτετμημένοι eunuchs, Arist. HA 518a31 ; ἐ. τὰ θήλεα circumcise females, Str. 17.2.5, cf. 16.4.9 (Pass.). III. = κείρειν, γῆς ἐκτεμνομένης D.H. 9.57(s. v.l.). IV. ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ to disarm and deceive by kindness, Plb. 30.30.8.