ἀποτέμνω (apotemnō)
apotemnō
to shred
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Definition
1. to cut off, sever , (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;Pass., τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς having his tongue cut out , (Aeschines Orator)
2. to sever, divide , in a geographical sense, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, (Xenophon Historicus)
3. Mid. to cut off for oneself , (Iliad by Homer); with genitive to cut off a bit of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus)
4. to cut off , so as to appropriate , βοῦς (Homeric Hymns); Φοινίκης ἀπ. to have a slice or portion of Phoenicia, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἀπ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων to cut off power from the Athenians, (Thucydides) (ML)
2. to sever, divide , in a geographical sense, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, (Xenophon Historicus)
3. Mid. to cut off for oneself , (Iliad by Homer); with genitive to cut off a bit of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus)
4. to cut off , so as to appropriate , βοῦς (Homeric Hymns); Φοινίκης ἀπ. to have a slice or portion of Phoenicia, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἀπ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων to cut off power from the Athenians, (Thucydides) (ML)