κατατέμνω
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
Ion. κατα-τάμνω, fut. -
A τεμῶ Ar.Ach.301: aor. κατέτεμον (v. infr.); Ion. and Dor. κατέταμον Hdt.4.26, Tab.Heracl.1.14:—cut in pieces, cut up, κρέα Hdt. l.c., cf. Ar.Pax1059; ἑαυτόν X.Mem.1.2.55; τὴν κεφαλήν Aeschin.3.212; γέρρα X.An.4.7.26:—Med., κ. δέραν ὄνυχι lacerate, E.El.146 (lyr., tm.):—Pass., τελαμῶσι κατατετμημένοις with regularly cut bandages, Hdt.2.86; σπλάγχνα κατατετμημένα Ar.Av. 1524; χώρη ἐς διώρυχας -τέτμηται is cut up into ditches or canals, Hdt. 1.193, cf. 2.8; κατετέτμηντο ἐξ αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν διωρύχων) τάφροι ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν X.An.2.4.13. b metaph., τι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις κ. Pl.Hp.Ma. 301b. 2 c. dupl. acc., κ. τινὰ καττύματα cut him up into strips, Ar.Ach.301; σῶμα κατατεμὼν κύβους having cut it up into cubes, Alex.187.4; τὴν βατίδα τεμάχη κατατεμών Ephipp.22; ὅτι σμικρότατα τὸ σῶμα Pl.R.610b; κ. (sc. τὰν γᾶν) μερίδας τέτορας Tab.Heracl. l.c.: —Pass., κατατμηθείην λέπαδνα may I be cut up into straps, Ar.Eq. 768. 3 κ. τὸν Πειραιᾶ lay it out in streets, Arist.Pol.1267b23:— Pass., τὸ ἄστυ κατατέτμηται τὰς ὁδοὺς ἰθέας has its streets cut straight, Hdt.1.180. 4 cut into the ground, κ. τοῦ χωρίου βάθος τρεῖς πόδας IG22.1668.7; τὰ κατατετμημένα places where mines have already been worked, opp. τὰ ἄτμητα, X.Vect.4.27. 5 cut down, pare, [τὸ δέρμα] ὁμαλῶς Hp.Fract.11. 6 abuse, revile, Pl.R.488b, Hyp.Ath.12.
