ἐκτέμνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. ἐκτάμνω (as always in Hom.), fut. -<b class="b3">τεμῶ</b> : aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐξέταμον</b> (v. infr.) or -έτεμον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1196</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>575</span> : fut. perf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐκτετμήσομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>564c</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.458</span>:—[[cut out]], μηροὺς ἐξέταμον <span class="bibl">Il.1.460</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μηροῦ ἔκταμ' ὀϊστόν</b> [[cut]] an arrow [[from]] the thigh, <span class="bibl">11.829</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">515</span>; ἐ. γλῶσσαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.112</span> ; ἐ. τὸν λάρυγγά τινος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>575</span> ; of a surgeon, [[cut out]] a diseased part, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>564c</span> (Pass.); σχῆμα τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>362a35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[cut]] trees [[out]] of a wood, [[cut down]], <span class="bibl">Il. 12.149</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1196</span> ; also of planks, etc., <b class="b2">hew out, hew into shape</b>, ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν <span class="bibl">Il.3.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.486</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα</b> [[to cut]] the stumps [[out of the ground]], <span class="bibl">Lys.7.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἶνας</b> [[cut away]] the sinews, and so, [[weaken]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).57</span> ; ἐ. ὥσπερ νεῦρα ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>411b</span> ; ῥόδον ἐ. ῥίζης <span class="title">IG</span>14.2040 : metaph., <b class="b3">ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμες</b> ib. 1362 ; 'nip in the bud', πάθος <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.1.17</span> :—Pass., ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον <span class="bibl">Ph.1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[castrate]], παῖδας <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.32</span>, <span class="bibl">8.105</span> ; ὄρχεις ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>620</span> ; οἱ ἐκτετμημένοι [[eunuchs]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>518a31</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὰ θήλεα</b> [[circumcise]] females, <span class="bibl">Str.17.2.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.4.9</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span>= κείρειν, γῆς ἐκτεμνομένης <span class="bibl">D.H.9.57</span>(s. v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ</b> [[to disarm and deceive]] by kindness, <span class="bibl">Plb.30.30.8</span>.</span>