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|Full diacritics=δῐχοτομέω
|Medium diacritics=διχοτομέω
|Low diacritics=διχοτομέω
|Capitals=ΔΙΧΟΤΟΜΕΩ
|Transliteration A=dichotoméō
|Transliteration B=dichotomeō
|Transliteration C=dichotomeo
|Beta Code=dixotome/w
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cut in twain: bisect</b> a line, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.28.2</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>913b31</span>; σώματος -ηθέντος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>24</span>: metaph. of the medial raphe of the perineum, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.62</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">punish with the last severity</b>, Ev.Matt.24.51. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">divide into two</b> (logically), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>302e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>642b22</span>, <span class="bibl">644b19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> intr., of the moon, dub. in Plu.2.929f.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0647.png Seite 647]] in zwei Theile theilen, trennen, Plat. Polit 302 e; Arist. probl. 16, 4 u. Sp., wie Pol. 6, 28, 2; zerhauen, 10, 15; spalten, Plut. Pyrrh. 24; [[σελήνη]] διχοτομοῦσα = [[διχότομος]], fac. orb. lun. 17.
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|lstext='''δῐχοτομέω''': [[κόπτω]] εἰς δύο, [[διαχωρίζω]] εἰς δύο, Πλάτ. Πολιτ. 302Ε, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 16. 4, κτλ. 2) τιμωρῶ αὐστηρότατα, ἀπηνέστατα, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. κδ΄, 51. 3) διαιρῶ εἰς δύο (λογικῶς), Ἀριστ. Ζ. Μ. 1. 3, 1., 1. 4, 9.
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{{bailly
|btext=-ῶ :<br />couper <i>ou</i> diviser en deux.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[διχότομος]].
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=<b class="num">1</b> [[cortar en dos partes]] τὸν κριὸν ... κατὰ μέλη LXX <i>Ex</i>.29.17, τὰ παιδία en el juicio de Salomón, I.<i>AI</i> 8.31, en v. pas. κύνες Plb.10.15.5, Plu.2.290d, ξόανον ... κατὰ κορυφὴν διχοτομούμενον D.S.1.98, un cuerpo, Plu.<i>Pyrrh</i>.24, geom., una línea perpendicular a otra, Arist.<i>Pr</i>.913<sup>b</sup>31 (cf. <i>infra</i>)<br /><b class="num">•</b>c. el compl. dir. sobreentendido ὅταν ἡ σελήνη διχοτομοῦσα μεσουρανῇ Plu.2.929f<br /><b class="num">•</b>fig. [[apartar]], [[discriminar]] el amo al esclavo infiel como castigo <i>Eu.Matt</i>.24.51, <i>Eu.Luc</i>.12.46<br /><b class="num">•</b>[[privar]] c. ac. y gen. τῷ υἱῷ μου ... τῷ διχοτομήσαντι με τοῦ <τ>ὸ λοεπὸν (<i>sic</i>) ζῆν a mi hijo (muerto) que me privó del resto de su vida</i>, <i>MAMA</i> 8.252b.9 (Licaonia III/IV d.C.).<br /><b class="num">2</b> [[dividir en dos partes iguales]] διχοτομεῖ δὲ τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν Πλειάς Thphr.<i>Sign</i>.6, ἡ διχοτομούση τὸν ὄσχεον [[γραμμή]] Paul.Aeg.6.62.2, una formación en línea recta, Plb.6.28.2.<br /><b class="num">3</b> lóg. [[dividir en dos]], [[hacer dicotomías]] τὸ παράνομον καὶ ἔννομον ἑκάστην (ἀρχήν) διχοτομεῖ τούτων la ilegalidad y la legalidad forman dicotomías en cada una de esas formas de gobierno</i> Pl.<i>Plt</i>.302e, διαιροῦσιν οἱ διχοτομοῦντες Arist.<i>PA</i> 642<sup>b</sup>22, τὸ διχοτομεῖν τῇ μὲν ἀδύνατον τῇ δὲ κενόν Arist.<i>PA</i> 644<sup>b</sup>19, ἔστιν δὲ καὶ οὗτος ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος τῷ διχοτομεῖν ése es el mismo razonamiento que el de hacer dicotomías</i> Arist.<i>Ph</i>.239<sup>b</sup>19.<br /><b class="num">4</b> geom. [[seccionar]], [[cortar en dos partes iguales]] una figura por medio de bisectrices, mediatrices, etc., Archim.<i>Aequil</i>.1.9, Eutoc.<i>in Circ</i>.144, ἡ διχοτομούση [[διάμετρος]] Apollon.Perg.<i>Con</i>.2.10, 4.49, ἡ διχοτομούση εὐθεῖα la bisectriz</i> Anthem.45.23, en v. pas. Papp.166, 592, Procl.<i>in Euc</i>.157.10.
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=from a [[compound]] of a derivative of [[δίς]] and a derivative of temno (to [[cut]]); to [[bisect]], i.e. (by [[extension]]) to [[flog]] [[severely]]: [[cut]] [[asunder]] (in [[sunder]]).
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{{Thayer
|txtha=διχοτόμω: [[future]] διχοτομήσω; ([[διχότομος]] [[cutting]] in [[two]]); to [[cut]] [[into]] [[two]] parts (Winer s RWB [[under]] the [[word]] Lebensstrafen; (B. D. [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Punishments, III. b. 3; [[especially]] Wetstein on Matthew , the [[passage]] cited)), by [[which]] criminals and captives were [[cut]] in [[two]]. But in the [[text]] the words [[which]] [[follow]], and [[which]] [[imply]] [[that]] the [[one]] [[thus]] '[[cut]] [[asunder]]' is [[still]] surviving, [[oppose]] [[this]] [[interpretation]]; so [[that]] [[here]] the [[word]] is [[more]] [[fitly]] translated [[cut]] up by [[scourging]], [[scourge]] [[severely]], ([[but]] [[see]] Meyer on Matthew , the [[passage]] cited). (Occasionally in Greek writings from [[Plato]] [[down]].) 
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''δῐχοτομέω:''' μέλ. <i>-ήσω</i>, [[κόβω]] στα [[δύο]], [[διαιρώ]], σε Πλάτ., Κ.Δ.
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