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ἐκτέμνω

ἐκτέμνω, to cut out

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ἐξέτεμνον imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of ἐκτέμνω

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ἐκτέμνω, Ep. and Ion. ἐκτάμνω (as always in Hom.), fut. -τεμῶ: aor. 2 ἐξέταμον (v. infr.) or -έτεμον S. Tr. 1196, Ar. Ra. 575: fut. perf. ἐκτετμήσομαι Pl. R. 564c, Ph. 1.458:—
  • cut out, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον Il. 1.460, etc.; μηροῦ ἔκταμʼ 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 (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 IG 14.2040: metaph., ἐλπίδας ἐξέταμες ib. 1362; ‘nip in the bud’, πάθος Alex.Trall. 1.17:—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. HA 518a31; ἐ. τὰ θήλεα circumcise females, Str. 17.2.5, cf. 16.4.9 (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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