- ἐκτέμνω
- ἐκτέμνω, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] ἐκτάμνω (as always in Hom.), [tense] fut. -τεμῶ : [tense] aor. 2 ἐξέταμον (v. infr.) or -έτεμον S.Tr.1196, Ar.Ra.575 : [tense] fut. [tense] perf.A
ἐκτετμήσομαι Pl.R.564c
, Ph.1.458:—cut out,μηροὺς ἐξέταμον Il.1.460
, etc.; μηροῦ ἔκταμ' ὀϊστόν cut an arrow from the thigh, 11.829, cf. 515;ἐ. γλῶσσαν Hdt.9.112
;ἐ. τὸν λάρυγγά τινος Ar.Ra.575
; of a surgeon, cut out a diseased part, Pl.R.564c ([voice] Pass.);σχῆμα τῆς γῆς Arist.Mete.362a35
.2 cut trees out of a wood, cut down, Il. 12.149, S.Tr.1196 ; also of planks, etc., hew out, hew into shape,ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν Il.3.62
, cf. 4.486 ; ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα to cut the stumps out of the ground, Lys.7.19.3 ἐ. ἶνας cut away the sinews, and so, weaken, Pi.I.8(7).57 ;ἐ. ὥσπερ νεῦρα ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς Pl.R.411b
;ῥόδον ἐ. ῥίζης IG14.2040
: metaph., ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμες ib. 1362 ; 'nip in the bud',πάθος Alex.Trall.1.17
:—[voice] Pass.,ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον Ph.1.17
.II castrate,παῖδας Hdt.6.32
, 8.105 ;ὄρχεις ἐ. S.Fr.620
;οἱ ἐκτετμημένοι
eunuchs,Arist.
HA518a31 ; ἐ. τὰ θήλεα circumcise females, Str.17.2.5, cf. 16.4.9 ([voice] Pass.).III=κείρειν, γῆς ἐκτεμνομένης D.H.9.57
(s. v.l.).IV ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ to disarm and deceive by kindness, Plb.30.30.8.
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