ἀπότομος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀπότομον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cut off]], στροφέων ἀ. μῆκος πήχεων πέντε ''IG''11(2).287 ''A''49 (Delos, iii B.C.); esp. [[sheer]], [[precipitous]], ἀπότομος ἐστι ταύτῃ ἡ [[ἀκρόπολις]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.84, cf. 4.62; ἀ. ἐκ θαλάττης Pl.''Criti.'' 118a; [[τὰ ἀπότομα]] = [[precipice]]s, Philostr.''VA''3.4; <b class="b3">ἀπότομον ὤρουσεν εἰς ἀνάγκαν</b>, metaph. from one who comes [[suddenly]] to the [[edge]] of a [[cliff]], S.''OT''877 (lyr.). Adv. [[ἀποτόμως]], ἔχειν Philostr.''VA''2.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[severe]], [[relentless]], [[λῆμα]] E.''Alc.''981 (lyr.); [[κρίσις]] [[LXX]] ''Wi.''6.6. Adv. [[ἀποτόμως]] ib.5.22, Plb.18.11.2, Plu.''Crass.''3, etc.; [[brusquely]], prob. l. in Cic.''Att.''10.11.5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, [[severe]], Ph.2.268.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of [[gladiatorial]] [[combat]]s, a [[fight]] [[to a finish]], [[ἑνόζυγος|ἑνόζυγον]] ἀπότομον ''IGRom.'' 4.1632; [[ἀπότομα]] alone, [[μουσεῖον]] καὶ Βιβλ. 1876/8 No.153; μονομαχιῶν τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀποτόμους ''Inscr.Magn.'' 163.10, cf. ''IGRom.''3.360.9 (Sagalassus), ''CIG''2880 (Branchidae).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[concise]], [[συγκεφαλαίωσις]] Plb.9.32.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">οἱ καθηγητῶν οὕτως ἀπότομοι γενηθέντες</b> [[offshoot]]s of our [[founder]]s, Phld.''Lib.''p.22 O.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀπότομοι· οὐκ ἐνεργοί</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: <b class="b3">ἀπότομον· τὸν μὴ ἄξιον προσόψεως</b>, Id.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[absolute]]: Adv. [[ἀποτόμως]] = [[absolutely]], οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων ἐστὶν [[ἀποτόμως]] οὔτε κακὸν οὔτ' ἀγαθόν Isoc.6.50, cf. D.61.4; ἀ. ἀληθής Phld.''Mus.''p.98 K.; [[precisely]], [[in the strictest sense]], τοῖς ὀνόμασι χρῆσθαι Isoc.9.10.