ἄντομος
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English (LSJ)
ὁ, dialectic form of ἀνάτομος, A stake or pale, cf. ἄντομοι· σκόλοπες (Sicel), Hsch.: hence collectively, paling, boundary-fence, Tab.Heracl.1.15, al.; also, road adjoining such a fence, ib.2.13, al.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄντομος: ὁ, διαλεκτικὸς τύπος τοῦ ἀνάτομος, σκόλοψ, χάραξ, «παλοῦκι» καὶ περιληπτικῶς φραγμός, περίφραγμα, συχν. ἐν τοῖς Ἡρακλεωτ. Πίναξιν, ἐπὶ τὸν ἄντομον τὸν ὁρίζοντα Ι15, 5774, 5775· ὡσαύτως ὁδὸς γειτνιάζουσα πρὸς τοιοῦτον φραγμόν, 5774. 15., 5775. 12 κ. ἀλλ.· ἴδε Franz. σ. 706.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ 1 sicil. estaca Hsch.
2 camino vecinal, atajo ἀπὸ τῶ ἀντόμω τῶ hυπὲρ Πανδοσίας ἄγοντος TEracl.1.12, cf. 15, 2.13.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀνατέμνω.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: country-road (prob. not palisade; Tab. Heracl.1, 12); ἀντόμους σκόλοπας, Σικελοί H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Explained as *ἀνάτομος, to ἀνατέμνω cut open, but the semantics is not very convincing. Connected with Lat. antemna yard, v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 16.
