τάμνω, τέμνω, τέμω , aor.
τάμε, inf. ταμέειν, mid. aor. inf. ταμέσθαι, pass. perf. part. τετμημένον: cut, cut up, off, out, etc.,
mid. subjectively; of ‘felling’ or
‘lopping’ trees, ‘hewing’
beams, ‘marking off’ an enclosure,
‘furrowing’ the earth with the plough,
‘cutting off’ (intercepting, driving away) cattle,
‘cutting’ the waves in sailing, Il. 9.580, Il.
13.707, Il. 18.528, Il. 21.38, Od.
3.175
; ὅρκια, ‘conclude’
a treaty, see ὅρκιον.