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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cut off</b>, στροφέων ἀ. μῆκος πήχεων πέντε <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).287 <span class="title">A</span>49 (Delos, iii B.C.); esp. <b class="b2">sheer, precipitous</b>, ἀ.ἐστι ταύτῃ ἡ ἀκρόπολις <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.62</span>; ἀ. ἐκ θαλάττης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 118a</span>; τὰ ἀ. <b class="b2">precipices</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπότομον ὤρουσεν εἰς ἀνάγκαν</b>, metaph. from one who comes suddenly <b class="b2">to the edge of a cliff</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>877</span> (lyr.). Adv. -μως, ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">severe, relentless</b>, λῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>981</span> (lyr.); κρίσις <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>6.6</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ως</b> ib.<span class="bibl">5.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.11.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>3</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">brusquely</b>, prob. l. in <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>10.11.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of persons, <b class="b2">severe</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.268</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> of gladiatorial combats, a fight <b class="b2">to a finish</b>, ἑνόζυγον ἀπότομον <span class="title">IGRom.</span> 4.1632; <b class="b3">ἀπότομα</b> alone, μουσεῖον καὶ Βιβλ. 1876/8 No.153; μονομαχιῶν τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀποτόμους <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span> 163.10, cf. <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.360.9 (Sagalassus), <span class="title">CIG</span>2880 (Branchidae). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">concise</b>, συγκεφαλαίωσις <span class="bibl">Plb.9.32.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">οἱ καθηγητῶν οὕτως ἀπότομοι γενηθέντες</b> <b class="b2">offshoots</b> of our founders, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.22</span> O. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀπότομοι· οὐκ ἐνεργοί</b>, Hsch.: <b class="b3">ἀπότομον· τὸν μὴ ἄξιον προσόψεως</b>, Id. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">absolute</b>: Adv. <b class="b3">-μως</b> <b class="b2">absolutely</b>, οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἀ. οὔτε κακὸν οὔτ' ἀγαθόν <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.61.4</span>; ἀ. ἀληθής Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.98 K.; <b class="b2">precisely, in the strictest sense</b>, τοῖς ὀνόμασι χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.10</span>.</span>

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