ἀποτέμνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep., Ion., and Dor. [[ἀποτάμνω]], fut. ἀποτεμῶ: aor. 2 Ion. and Dor. <b class="b3">ἀπέταμον</b>, Att. <b class="b3">ἀπέτεμον</b>:—Pass., <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἀποτμηθήσομαι Lys.6.26: —[[cut off]], [[sever]], παρηορίας ἀπέταμνε Il.8.87; ἀπὸ στομάχους ἀρνῶν τάμε 3.292, etc.; χρῶτ' ἀπὸ πάντα καὶ ἄρθρα τεμῶ χερί S.''Ph.''1207; τὴν κεφαλήν Hdt.2.39, cf. ''IG''4.952.2 (Epid.); τὰ σκέλεα Hdt.2.40; τὴν ῥὶνα καὶ τὰ ὦτα Id.3.154, etc.; [[amputate]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.54, Hp.''Art.''69; [[excise]], Id.''Haem.''2, cf. Dsc.''Eup.''1.12 (Pass.); [[decapitate]], ἀλεκτρυόνα ''PMag.Par.''1.38:—Pass., to [[be cut off]], τὰ ἀκρωτήρια ἀποτμηθήσεσθαι Lys.6.26; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς Aeschin.1.168 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]; ἐκτμ. Suid.); τὴν κεφαλήν Luc.''Nav.''33; τὸν τράχηλον Arr.''Epict.''1.2.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut off]], [[divide]], [[sever]], in a geographical sense, ὁ Ἅλυς.. ἀποτάμνει σχεδὸν πάντα τῆς Ἀσίης Hdt.1.72; <b class="b3">ὄρεα ὑψηλὰ ἀ. [τὴν χώρην]</b> Id.4.25: mathematically, ἥμισυ.. ἡ γραμμὴ ἀ. Pl.''Men.''85a, cf. Arist. ''Mech.'' 849a37:—Med., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 42b:—Pass., of [[troop]]s, to [[be cut off from]] the main body, X.''An.''3.4.29.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cut off]], [[check]], [[put an end to]], τὰς μηχανάς Cratin.289 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[cut off]], [[separate]] in [[argument]], Pl. ''Lg.''753c:—Med., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1003a24:—Pass., to be so [[cut off]] or [[be abstracted]], Id.''Ph.''202b8.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀποτέμνω τὰ βαλλάντια</b> to [[be a cut-purse]], Pl. ''R.''348d.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[cut open]], ἱερεῖον Plu.''Cim.''18.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ἀποτεμεῖν· ἁγνίσαι, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[cut off for oneself]], ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι Il. 22.347; ἀποτέμνω πλόκαμον Hdt.4.34; <b class="b3">τὴν χώρην ἀ. τάφρον ὀρυξάμενοι</b> ib.3; <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῦ ὠτός</b> [[cut off a bit of]].., ib.71.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut off]], with a view of appropriating, πεντήκοντ' ἀγέλης ἀπετάμνετο.. βοῦς ''h.Merc.''74; τὰς Θυρέας ἐούσας τῆς Ἀργολίδος μοίρης ἀποταμόμενοι ἔσχον Hdt.1.82; [[χώραν]], [[ὀργάδα]], Isoc.5.122, D.13.32, etc.(in Pass., of the coutry [[cut off]], Hdt.1.82, etc.); <b class="b3">ἀ. ὡς μέγιστα τῶν Ἀθηναίων</b> [[cut off]] as much [[power]] as [[possible]] [[from]] them, Th.8.46: also c. gen., <b class="b3">χώρας ἀποτάμνεσθαι</b> [[cut off a part of]].., ''SIG''56.24 (Argos, v B.C.), cf. Isoc.1.88; <b class="b3">Φοινίκης ἀ. Ἀραβίας τε</b> to have a [[slice]] or [[portion]] of.., Theoc.17.86.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cut off from common use]], [[consecrate]], ὕλας Luc.''Sacr.''10.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[subtend]], of the [[chord]] of an [[arc]], S.E.''M.''1.304.