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|Full diacritics=ὑποτέμνω
|Medium diacritics=ὑποτέμνω
|Low diacritics=υποτέμνω
|Capitals=ΥΠΟΤΕΜΝΩ
|Transliteration A=hypotémnō
|Transliteration B=hypotemnō
|Transliteration C=ypotemno
|Beta Code=u(pote/mnw
|Definition=Ion. ὑπο-τάμνω <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">CA</span>1.8</span>: fut. <b class="b3">-τεμῶ</b> <span class="title">IG</span> (v. infr. b):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cut away under</b> or <b class="b2">underneath</b>, ὑπὸ γλῶσσαν τάμε χαλκός <span class="bibl">Il.5.74</span>; ταμὼν ὕπο πυθμέν' ἐλαίης <span class="bibl">Od.23.204</span>; ὑ. τὰς ἀγκύρας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>32</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὑποτέτμηται τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτων</b> D.ap.Aeschin.<span class="bibl">3.166</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς ῥίζας ὑποτετμημένος</b> <b class="b2">having</b> them <b class="b2">cut away below</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποτμηθεὶς τὴν ἰγνύαν</b> hamstrung, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tox.</span>60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">trim</b> the surtaces of blocks of stone, <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.110 (Lebad., ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">cut underhand</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">in a cheating way</b>, of a roguish leather-seller, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>316</span> (troch.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">cut off, intercept</b>, ὑ. πηγάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>844a</span>; ὑ. τὴν ἐλπίδα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.34</span>; [τὰς ῥίζας] <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.29</span>:—more freq. in Med., <b class="b3">ὑποταμέσθαι τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">αὐτοῖς</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.86</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου</b> <b class="b2">I will cut off</b> your way, <b class="b2">stop</b> you <b class="b2">short</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>291</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>356a27</span>; ὑ. τὸν πλοῦν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.6.15</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποτέμνεσθαί τινας</b> <b class="b2">intercept</b> them, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>7.1.29</span>; τοὺς χρόνους ὑμῶν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.67</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς ὁρμάς, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.38.1</span>, <span class="bibl">36.3.1</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">forestall</b>, τὴν ἀκόντισιν αὐτῶν . . δρόμῳ . . προσπεσόντες ὑπετέμοντο <span class="bibl">D.C.38.49</span>; <b class="b2">prevent, guard against</b>, <b class="b3">ὑποτέμνεσθαι τὸν φόβον</b> (the risk of gangrene, by excision) <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 6.107</span>; ὑ. τὴν διάγνωσιν <b class="b2">prevents</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.78</span>; in pf. Med., ὑποτετμημένος πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς ὠφελείας <span class="bibl">Plb.5.107.6</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''ὑποτέμνω''': Ἰων. -[[τάμνω]] Ἡρόδ.· μέλλ. -τεμῶ καὶ -τεμοῦμαι. Τέμνω [[κάτωθεν]], ὑπὸ γλῶσσαν [[τάμε]] χαλκὸς Ἰλ. Ε. 74· ταμὼν ὕπο πυθμέν’ ἐλαίης Ὀδ. Ψ. 204· ὑπ. τὰς ἀγκύρας Πλουτ. Ἀντών. 32. - Παθ., ὑποτέτμηται τὰ [[νεῦρα]] τῶν πραγμάτων Αἰσχίν. 77. 26· τὰς ῥίζας ὑποτετμημένος, ἔχων τὰς ῥίζας τετμημένας [[κάτωθεν]], Λουκ. Τίμ. 8· ὑποτμηθεὶς τὴν ἰγνύην ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Τοξάρ. 60. 2) [[τέμνω]] κρυφίως δηλ. ἀπατηλῶς, ἐπὶ ἀπατεῶνος πωλητοῦ δερμάτων, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 316. ΙΙ. [[ἀποκόπτω]], [[διακόπτω]], διαφρασάω, [[διακωλύω]], Λατιν. intercipere, intercludere, ὁ βουληθεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν αὑτοῦ τόπον ἄγειν [[ὕδωρ]] ἀγέτω μὲν ἀρχόμενος ἐκ τῶν κοινῶν ναμάτων, μὴ ὑποτέμνων πηγὰς φανερὰς ἰδιώτου μηδενὸς Πλάτ. Νομ. 844Α· ὑπ. τὴν ἐλπίδα Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 2. 3, 34., 7. 1, 29· - ἀλλὰ συνηθέστερον ἐν τῷ μέσ., ὑποταμνομένους τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν (ἐξυπακ. αὐτοῖς) Ἡρόδ. 5. 86· ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου, θὰ σὲ [[ἐμποδίζω]] εἰς τὸν δρόμον, θά σοι [[παρέχω]] κωλύματα, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 291, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Μετεωρολ. 2. 2, 25· ὑπ. τὸν πλοῦν Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 1. 6, 15· [[ὡσαύτως]], ὑποτεμοῦνται ἡμᾶς, θὰ μᾶς ἐμποδίσωσι κόπτοντες τὸν δρόμον μας, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Κύρ. Παιδ. 1. 4, 19· ὑπ. τοὺς χρόνους τινὸς Αἰσχίν. 63. 17· τὰς ὁρμάς, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν Πολύβ. 18. 21, 1., 36. 1, 1, κλπ.· [[οὕτως]] ἐν τῷ παθ. πρκμ., ὑποτετμημένος πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς ὠφελείας ὁ αὐτ. 5. 107, 6.
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