ὑποτέμνω: Difference between revisions

|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"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cut away under]] or [[underneath]], 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> [[having]] them [[cut away below]], <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"><span class="bld">b</span> [[trim]] the surtaces of blocks of stone, <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.110 (Lebad., ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut underhand]], i.e. [[in a cheating way]], of a roguish leather-seller, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>316</span> (troch.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cut off]], [[intercept]], 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.]]'' [[αὐτοῖς]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.86</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου</b> [[I will cut off]] your way, [[stop]] you [[short]], <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> [[intercept]] 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.; [[forestall]], τὴν ἀκόντισιν αὐτῶν . . δρόμῳ . . προσπεσόντες ὑπετέμοντο <span class="bibl">D.C.38.49</span>; [[prevent]], [[guard against]], <b class="b3">ὑποτέμνεσθαι τὸν φόβον</b> (the risk of gangrene, by excision) <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 6.107</span>; ὑ. τὴν διάγνωσιν [[prevents]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.78</span>; in pf. Med., ὑποτετμημένος πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς ὠφελείας <span class="bibl">Plb.5.107.6</span>.</span>

|btext=<i>f.</i> ὑποτεμῶ, <i>ao.2</i> ὑπέτεμον, <i>etc.</i><br />couper en dessous, à la base, à la racine ; <i>p. ext.</i> intercepter : ὑποτάμνεσθαι <i>(ion.)</i> τὸ ἀπὸ [[τῶν]] [[νεῶν]] HDT avoir la retraite coupée du côté de la flotte;<br /><i><b>Moy.</b></i> [[ὑποτέμνομαι]] intercepter : ταῖς ὁδοῖς τινα ÉL, <i>ou simpl.</i> τινα XÉN couper les routes, les passages devant qqn ; τὸν [[ἐς]] Σάμον πλοῦν XÉN intercepter la navigation vers Samos ; <i>fig.</i> τοὺς χρόνους τινός ESCHN enlever à qqn les occasions d’agir ; devancer vivement, prévenir soudainement, acc..<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ὑπό]], [[τέμνω]].