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ἀποτέμνω , Ep., Ion., and Dor. ἀποτελευτ-τάμνω , fut. -τεμῶ: aor. 2 Ion. and Dor. -έταμον, Att. -έτεμον:—Pass., fut.
2. cut off, divide, sever, in a geographical sense, “ Ἅλυς . . ἀποτάμνει σχεδὸν πάντα τῆς ἈσίηςHdt.1.72; ὄρεα ὑψηλὰ . [τὴν χώρην] Id.4.25: mathematically, “ἥμισυ . . γραμμὴ .Pl.Men.85a, cf. Arist. Mech. 849a37:—Med., Pl.Phlb.42b:—Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, X.An.3.4.29.
3. cut off, check, put an end to,τὰς μηχανάςCratin.289 (s. v.l.).
4. cut off, separate in argument, Pl. Lg.753c:—Med., Arist.Metaph.1003a24:—Pass., to be so cut off or abstracted, Id.Ph.202b8.
5. . τὰ βαλλάντια to be a cut-purse, Pl. R.348d.
6. cut open,ἱερεῖονPlu.Cim.18.
2. cut off, with a view of appropriating, “πεντήκοντ᾽ ἀγέλης ἀπετάμνετο . . βοῦςh.Merc.74; “τὰς Θυρέας ἐούσας τῆς Ἀργολίδος μοίρης ἀποταμόμενοι ἔσχονHdt.1.82; χώραν, ὀργάδα, Isoc.5.122, D.13.32, etc.(in Pass., of the coutry cut off, Hdt.1.82, etc.); . ὡς μέγιστα τῶν Ἀθηναίων cut off as much power as possible from them, Th.8.46: also c. gen., χώρας ἀποτάμνεσθαι cut off a part of . ., SIG56.24 (Argos, v B.C.), cf. Isoc.1.88; Φοινίκης . Ἀραβίας τε to have a slice or portion of . ., Theoc.17.86.
3. cut off from common use, consecrate,ὕλαςLuc.Sacr.10.
4. subtend, of the chord of an arc, S.E.M.1.304.
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