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ἐντέμνω , Ion. ἐντεμεν-τάμνω ,
A.cut in, engrave upon,ἐν τοῖσι λίθοισι γράμματαHdt.8.22; of a map, “χάλκεον πίνακα, ἐν τῷ γῆς . . περίοδος ἐνετέτμητοId.5.49: cut or scoop a hollow in a thing, in Pass., ἐντετμέαται Hp Art.72; “ἐντετμημένου τοῦ σπληνίουOrib.46.25.4.
II. cut up a victim, sacrifice, ἥρωϊ to a hero, Th.5.11, cf. Luc.Scyth.1; “. σφάγιά τινιPlu.Sol.9:—Med., εἰ . . ἵππον τόμιον ἐντεμοίμεθα should get it cut up, Ar.Lys.192:—Pass., “ἐντέμνεται σφάγιαDion.Byz.14.
2. cut in, shred in, of herbs in a remedy, metaph., A.Ag.16.
3. cut,ναῦς . κύματαPh.1.352, cf. Luc. Tim.22 (Pass.), Tox.37, Tox.37, Hist.Conscr.25.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 16
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.49
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.22
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.11
    • Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 192
    • Plutarch, Solon, 9
    • Lucian, Timon, 22
    • Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, 37
    • Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, 25
    • Lucian, Scytha, 1
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