ἀποτέμνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep., Ion., and Dor. [[ἀποτάμνω]], fut. <b class="b3">ἀποτεμῶ</b>: aor. 2 Ion. and Dor. <b class="b3">ἀπέταμον</b>, Att. <b class="b3">ἀπέτεμον</b>:—Pass., fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀποτμηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Lys.6.26</span>: —[[cut off]], [[sever]], παρηορίας ἀπέταμνε <span class="bibl">Il.8.87</span>; ἀπὸ στομάχους ἀρνῶν τάμε <span class="bibl">3.292</span>, etc.; χρῶτ' ἀπὸ πάντα καὶ ἄρθρα τεμῶ χερί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1207</span>; τὴν κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.39</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>4.952.2 (Epid.); τὰ σκέλεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.40</span>; τὴν ῥὶνα καὶ τὰ ὦτα <span class="bibl">Id.3.154</span>, etc.; [[amputate]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>69</span>; [[excise]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Haem.</span>2</span>, cf. Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>1.12 (Pass.); [[decapitate]], ἀλεκτρυόνα <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.38:—Pass., to [[be cut off]], τὰ ἀκρωτήρια ἀποτμηθήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Lys.6.26</span>; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.168</span> ([[si varia lectio|s. v.l.]]; ἐκτμ. Suid.); τὴν κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>33</span>; τὸν τράχηλον <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.2.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut off]], [[divide]], [[sever]], in a geographical sense, ὁ Ἅλυς . . ἀποτάμνει σχεδὸν πάντα τῆς Ἀσίης <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.72</span>; <b class="b3">ὄρεα ὑψηλὰ ἀ. [τὴν χώρην</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.4.25</span>: mathematically, ἥμισυ . . ἡ γραμμὴ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>85a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mech.</span> 849a37</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>42b</span>:—Pass., of [[troop]]s, to [[be cut off from]] the main body, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[cut off]], [[check]], [[put an end to]], τὰς μηχανάς <span class="bibl">Cratin.289</span> ([[si varia lectio|s. v.l.]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[cut off]], [[separate]] in [[argument]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>753c</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003a24</span>:—Pass., to be so [[cut off]] or [[be abstracted]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>202b8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀποτέμνω τὰ βαλλάντια</b> to [[be a cut-purse]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>348d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[cut open]], ἱερεῖον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cim.</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἀποτεμεῖν· ἁγνίσαι</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[cut off for oneself]], ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι <span class="bibl">Il. 22.347</span>; ἀποτέμνω πλόκαμον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.34</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν χώρην ἀ. τάφρον ὀρυξάμενοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῦ ὠτός</b> [[cut off a bit of]] .., ib.<span class="bibl">71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut off]], with a view of appropriating, πεντήκοντ' ἀγέλης ἀπετάμνετο . . βοῦς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>74</span>; τὰς Θυρέας ἐούσας τῆς Ἀργολίδος μοίρης ἀποταμόμενοι ἔσχον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.82</span>; [[χώραν]], [[ὀργάδα]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.122</span>, <span class="bibl">D.13.32</span>, etc.(in Pass., of the coutry [[cut off]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.82</span>, etc.); <b class="b3">ἀ. ὡς μέγιστα τῶν Ἀθηναίων</b> [[cut off]] as much [[power]] as [[possible]] [[from]] them, <span class="bibl">Th.8.46</span>: also c. gen., <b class="b3">χώρας ἀποτάμνεσθαι</b> [[cut off a part of]] .., <span class="title">SIG</span>56.24 (Argos, v B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.88</span>; <b class="b3">Φοινίκης ἀ. Ἀραβίας τε</b> to have a [[slice]] or [[portion]] of .., <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.86</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[cut off from common use]], [[consecrate]], ὕλας <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sacr.</span>10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[subtend]], of the [[chord]] of an [[arc]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.304</span>.</span>