κισσοτόμος

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Transliteration A: kissotómos Transliteration B: kissotomos Transliteration C: kissotomos Beta Code: kissoto/mos

English (LSJ)

ον, (τέμνω)

   A ivy-cutting: κισσοτόμοι (sc. ἡμέραι), αἱ, festival at Phlius, Paus.2.13.4.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κισσοτόμος: -ον, (τέμνω), κισσοτόμοι (δηλ. ἡμέραι), αἱ, ἐν αἷς ἔκοπτον τὸν κισσόν, ἑορτή τις ἐν Φλειοῦντι, Παυσ. 2. 13, 4.