ἐκτέμνω: Difference between revisions

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