ἄντομος
Παρθένε, ἐν ἀκροπόλει Τελεσῖνος ἄγαλμ' ἀνέθηκεν, Κήττιος, ᾧ χαίρουσα, διδοίης ἄλλο ἀναθεῖναι → O Virgin goddess, Telesinos from the deme of Kettos has set up a statue on the Acropolis. If you are pleased with it, please grant that he set up another
English (LSJ)
ὁ, dialectic form of ἀνάτομος, 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.
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.
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.
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.
