ὑποτέμνω

English (LSJ)

Ion. ὑπο-τάμνω Aret. CA1.8: fut. -τεμῶ IG (v. infr. b):—

   A cut away under or underneath, ὑπὸ γλῶσσαν τάμε χαλκός Il.5.74; ταμὼν ὕπο πυθμέν' ἐλαίης Od.23.204; ὑ. τὰς ἀγκύρας Plu.Ant.32:—Pass., ὑποτέτμηται τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτων D.ap.Aeschin.3.166; τὰς ῥίζας ὑποτετμημένος having them cut away below, Luc.Tim.8; ὑποτμηθεὶς τὴν ἰγνύαν hamstrung, Id.Tox.60.    b trim the surtaces of blocks of stone, IG7.3073.110 (Lebad., ii B. C.).    2 cut underhand, i.e. in a cheating way, of a roguish leather-seller, Ar.Eq.316 (troch.).    II cut off, intercept, ὑ. πηγάς Pl.Lg.844a; ὑ. τὴν ἐλπίδα X.HG2.3.34; [τὰς ῥίζας] Diog.Oen.29:—more freq. in Med., ὑποταμέσθαι τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν (sc. αὐτοῖς) Hdt.5.86; ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου I will cut off your way, stop you short, Ar.Eq.291, cf. Arist.Mete.356a27; ὑ. τὸν πλοῦν X.HG1.6.15; ὑποτέμνεσθαί τινας intercept them, Id.Cyr.1.4.19, cf. HG7.1.29; τοὺς χρόνους ὑμῶν ὑ. Aeschin.3.67; τὰς ὁρμάς, τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, Plb.18.38.1, 36.3.1, etc.; forestall, τὴν ἀκόντισιν αὐτῶν . . δρόμῳ . . προσπεσόντες ὑπετέμοντο D.C.38.49; prevent, guard against, ὑποτέμνεσθαι τὸν φόβον (the risk of gangrene, by excision) Paul.Aeg. 6.107; ὑ. τὴν διάγνωσιν prevents, Id.3.78; in pf. Med., ὑποτετμημένος πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς ὠφελείας Plb.5.107.6.