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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

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|txtha=τομωτερα, τομωτερον (comparitive from [[τομός]] [[cutting]], [[sharp]], and [[this]] from [[τέμνω]]), [[sharper]]: Phocylid. [[verse]] 116 (Gnom. Poet. Graec. edition Brunck, p. 116)) [[ὅπλον]] [[τοι]] [[λόγος]] [[ἀνδρί]] τομωτερον ἐστι σιδήρου; [[add]], [[Timon]] in Athen. 10, p. 445e.; Lucian, Tox. 11).
|txtha=τομωτερα, τομωτερον (comparitive from [[τομός]] [[cutting]], [[sharp]], and [[this]] from [[τέμνω]]), [[sharper]]: Phocylid. [[verse]] 116 (Gnom. Poet. Graec. edition Brunck, p. 116)) [[ὅπλον]] [[τοι]] [[λόγος]] [[ἀνδρί]] τομωτερον ἐστι σιδήρου; [[add]], [[Timon]] in Athen. 10, p. 445e.; Lucian, Tox. 11).
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|ntstxt=α, ον<br>[[plus]] tranchant<br>[[τέμνω]]
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 17 October 2022

English (Strong)

comparative of a derivative of the primary temno (to cut; more comprehensive or decisive than κόπτω, as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated blows, like hacking); more keen: sharper.

English (Thayer)

τομωτερα, τομωτερον (comparitive from τομός cutting, sharp, and this from τέμνω), sharper: Phocylid. verse 116 (Gnom. Poet. Graec. edition Brunck, p. 116)) ὅπλον τοι λόγος ἀνδρί τομωτερον ἐστι σιδήρου; add, Timon in Athen. 10, p. 445e.; Lucian, Tox. 11).

French (New Testament)

α, ον
plus tranchant
τέμνω