dichotomos

dĭchŏtŏmos, on, adj., = διχότομος,

• cut in two, halved (pure Lat. dimidiatus), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Firm. Math. 4 praef.

dichotomos (διχότομος), halb geteilt (rein lat. dimidiatus), luna, Firm. math. 4. p. 25, 5 (ed. Basil. 1551) u. (griech.) bei Macr. somn. Scip.:1, 6, 54.

dichotomos [LL < διχότομος] , divided in half, (of moon) first quarter, half-moon. Cf. diatomos. cum [luna] monoides est aut dicotomos aut tricotomos, minus accensa videtur Neckam NR I 13 p. 50; primis ‥ vij diebus usque ad medietatem velud divisi orbis excrescit [luna] et dicotomos tunc vocatur Gros. Hexaem. IX 10 p. 282; antequam [luna] sit dycothomos, id est semiplena Bacon VI 71.

dĭchŏtŏmŏs, ŏn, adj. (διχότομος), [la lune] dont on ne voit que la moitié : Macr. Scip. 1, 6 ; Firm. Math. 4, pr.