A.s.v. βοῦς ἕβδομος): τέμνω is f.l. in Pi.P.3.68 and v.l. in O.13.57, cf. τάμνω ib.12.6, B.5.17, 16.4, but is the only Att. pres., Th.3.26, IG12.76.56, etc. (v. also τμήγω): Iterat. “τέμνεσκον” A.R.1.1215, Q.S.6.217: fut. “τεμῶ” E.Ba.493, Th.1.82, etc.; Ion. “τεμέω” Hp.Jusj.: aor. Ion. and Dor. ἔτα^μον, Ep. τάμον, Il.3.292, al., SIG4.10 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.), Pi. N.3.33, Hdt.7.132; Ep. inf. “ταμέειν” Il.19.197; Att. “ἔτεμον” Th.6.7, IG22.1666A8, etc.: pf. “τέτμηκα” Arist.SE178a21, (ἀπο-) Pl.Men. 85a; Dor.3sg. “τετμάκει” Archim.Con.Sph.22,26; Ion.and Ep. part. (in pass. sense) τετμηώς A.R4.156:—Med., fut. τεμοῦμαι （ὑπο-) Ar. Eq.291 (lyr.), X.Cyr.1.4.19, etc.: aor. ἐταμόμην, inf. “ταμέσθαι” Il.9.580; Att. “ἐτεμόμην” Pl.Plt.280d (ἀπ-), Luc.Pr.Im.24:—Pass., fut. “τμηθήσομαι” Arist.LI968b17; Dor. “τμα-” Archim.Aequil.2.2; also “τετμήσομαι” Philostr.VA4.24, (ἐκ-) Pl.R.564c: aor. “ἐτμήθην” E. Tr.480, Th.2.18, etc.; Dor. “ἐτμα-” Archim.Con.Sph.11: pf. “τέτμημαι” Od.17.195, Th.3.26, etc.; Dor. “τετμα-” Archim.Con.Sph.12 (“τετμη-” Pi.I.6(5).22 codd.):—cut, in Hom. and elsewhere usu. of particular kinds of cutting (v. infr.); generally, ὀδόντας οἵους τέμνειν fit for cutting, X.Mem.1.4.6; τοιοῦτον τμῆμα τέμνεται τὸ τεμνόμενον, οἷον τὸ τέμνον τέμνει; Pl.Grg.476d.
2. cut, wound, maim, “ἀλλήλων ταμέειν χρόα χαλκῷ” Il.13.501, 16.761; πρὸς δέρην τ. wound her in the neck, A.Eu.592; οἱ στενοὶ (sc. τελαμῶνες） τέμνουσι narrow bandages cut the patient, Sor.1.83.
3. of a surgeon, cut, “ἐκ μηροῦ τ. βέλος” Il.11.844; “τ. τὰν κοιλίαν” IG42(1).122.40 (Epid., iv B.C.); τὴν χεῖρα (in blood-letting) Gal.16.810: abs., use the knife, as opp. to cautery (κάειν）“, ἤτοι κέαντες ἢ τεμόντες” A.Ag.849, cf. X.An.5.8.18, Pl.Grg.456b, 480c, 521e, etc.:— Pass., to be operated upon, Hp.Aph.7.44, Pl.Grg.479a.
II. cut up, cut to pieces, of animals, Il.9.209; τ. μελεϊστί, διὰ μελεϊστί, κατὰ μέλη, 24.409, Od.9.291, Pi.O.1.49; “τ. ἰχθῦς” Hdt.2.65, cf. 3.42, etc.:—Med., “ταμνομένους κρέα πολλά” Od.24.364.
b. slaughter, sacrifice, “ταμέειν Διί τ᾽ Ἠελίῳ τε” Il.19.197; σφάγια τ. E.Supp.1196:—Pass., “σφάγια τέμνεται” Id.Heracl.400.
2. ὅρκια τάμνειν sacrifice in attestation of an oath, and hence, take solemn oaths, Il.2.124, Od.24.483, etc. (also in late Prose, as Plb.21.24.3, 21.32.15, al.); “Φιλότητα καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες” Il.3.73, etc.; θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον I made a truce which was death to thee, 4.155; ἐπὶ τούτοισι τ. ὅρκιον on these terms, Hdt.7.132; without ὅρκιον, τ. τισὶ μένειν τὸ ὅρκιον make a covenant that . . , Id.4.201; also “σπονδὰς τέμωμεν” E.Hel.1235; ἆρα φίλιά μοι τεμεῖ; Id.Supp.376 (lyr.):—Med., of two parties, “ὅρκια τάμνεσθαι” Hdt.4.70.
3. φάρμακον τέμνειν cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, Pl.Lg.836b: metaph., ib.919b, Ep.353e: hence πόρον or ἄκος τέμνειν contrive a means or remedy, A.Supp.807 (lyr., dub.l.), E.Andr.121 (lyr.).
4. divide, of a river, μέσην τ. Λιβύην cut it in twain, Hdt.2.33, cf. E.El.411; of a mountain-chain, D.P.340,890; τ. δίχα cleave in two, Pl.Smp.190d:-Med., ἑπτὰ μέρη τεμόμενος having divided it into seven parts, Id.Lg.695c:—Pass., “γραμμὴ δίχα τετμημένη” Id.R.509d; τετμημένος ἐξ ἑνὸς δύο cut from one into two, Id.Smp.191d.
b. διὰ τῆς δριμυφαγίας εἰ καὶ τὸ πάχος τέμνοιτο τοῦ γάλακτος were to be diluted, thinned, Sor.1.98; “ἡ τῆς πτισάνης [ὕλη] τ. καὶ ὑγραίνει τὰ τῆς ἀναπτύσεως δεόμενα” Gal.15.507, cf. 6.352, 14.742; “τέμνειν καὶ λεπτύνειν τὰ παχέα τῶν ὑγρῶν” Id.6.760, cf. Vict.Att.1, al.
5. divide logically, “τ. δίχα” Pl.Phlb. 49a, Plt.287b; τ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀρτίῳ καὶ περιττῷ into even and odd, ib.262e, cf. 266e, al.; εἰς δύο μέρη τέμνουσι [τὴν πραγματείαν] Sor. 1.1:—Pass., “διχῇ τέμνεσθαι” Pl.Sph.223c.
III. cut off, sever “ἐκ κεφαλέων τρίχας” Il.3.273; “κεφαλὴν ἀπὸ δειρῆς” 18.177; “δρακόντοιν κάρα” A.Ch.1047, cf. S.Ph.619; “λαιμούς τινος” Ar.Av.1560; πλόκον, φόβας, βόστρυχον, S.Aj.1179, El.449,901 (Pass.), etc.; “τράχηλον σώματος χωρίς” E.Ba.241; Ὕδραν τ. Pl.R.426e: with double acc., ἐρινεὸν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ τάμνε νέους ὄρπηκας cut the branches off the fig-tree, Il.21.38 (ἐρινεοῦ cj. Agar):—Pass., τρίχας ἐτμήθην had them cut off, E.Tr.480.
2. part off, mark off, “τέλσον ἀρούρης” Il.13.707; “τέμενος” 6.194; so in Med., 9.580; also τάμνοντ᾽ ἀμφὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας they cut them off, surrounded them, 18.528.
IV. cut down, fell, of trees and timber, δένδρεα, δρῦς, φιτρούς, 11.88, 23.119, Od.12.11, etc.; “δοῦρα” Hes.Op.807; τίς . . ἔτεμε τὰν δακρυόεσσαν Ἰλίῳ πεύκαν; E.Hel.231 (lyr.); “τ. ὕλην” Th.2.98; τ. ξύλα ἐκ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος ib.75; “χάρακας ἐκ τοῦ τεμένους” Id.3.70:—Pass., [“μελίη] χαλκῷ ταμνομένη” Il.13.180; “ῥόπαλον τετμημένον” Od.17.195; ἡ ὕλη ἡ τετμ. the felled timber, D.42.30:—Med., δοῦρα τάμνεσθαι fell oneself timber, Od.5.243, cf. Hdt.5.82, E.Hec.634 (lyr.).
2. λίθον τ. hew or quarry it, IG12.76.56, cf. 22.1666A8, 42(1).102.41, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), Pl.Criti.116a, PPetr.2p.6 (iii B.C.), D.S.5.13; τ. μέταλλον open or work a mine, Hyp.Eux.35 (Pass.):—Med., λίθους τάμνεσθαι have them wrought or hewn, Hdt.1.186.
3. cut down for purposes of destruction, “γῆς τ. βλαστήματα” E.Hec.1204; “τ. τὸν σῖτον” X.Mem.2.1.13; also τ. τὴν γῆν lay waste the country by felling the fruit-trees, cutting the corn, etc., Hdt.9.86, cf. Th.2.19,55, And.3.8 (Pass.); “τῆς γῆς ἔτεμον οὐ πολλήν” Th.6.7: c. partit. gen., τῆς γῆς τ. waste part of it, Id.1.30, 2.56:—Pass., ib.18,20.
V. cut into shape, “δέρμα βόειον” Od.14.24; “ἱμάντας ἐκ τοῦ δέρματος” Hdt.5.25:—Med., “νομέας ταμόμενοι” Id.1.194.
2. τ. ὁδόν cut or make a road, “τ. ὁδοὺς εὐθείας” Th.2.100; “τ. διάπλους ἐκ τῶν διωρύχων” Pl.Criti.118e; “τάφρον τεμέσθαι” PHal.1.107 (iii B.C.); ὁ τέμνων (sc. τὴν τάφρον) ib.110: metaph., ὀχετοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν πλεύμονα ἔτεμον carried channels or ducts to the lungs, Pl.Ti.70d, cf. 77c; “οὐκ . . ἐγὼ πρῶτος ταύτην ἐτεμόμην τὴν ὁδόν” Luc.Pr.Im.24:—Pass., “μυρίαι τέτμηνται κέλευθοι” Pi.I.6(5).22; “οὐ τετμημένων [τῶν] ὁδῶν” Hdt.4.136, etc.
b. make one's way, advance, “ὦ τὴν ἐν ἄστροις . . τέμνων ὁδὸν . . Ἥλιε” E.Ph. 1; “διὰ μέσου . . αἰθέρος τέμνων κέλευθον” Ar.Th.1100; τὴν μεσόγαιαν τ. τῆς ὁδοῦ take the inland road, strike through the interior, Hdt.7.124, 9.89: metaph., μέσον τι τέμνειν hold a middle course, Pl.Prt.338a; τὴν μέσην τ. Plu.2.7b; μέσον τινὰ [βίον] τ. Pl.Lg.793a; “βιότοιο τ. τρίβον” AP9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com.), 360 (Metrod.): abs., make one's way, A.R.2.1244, 4.771.
3. of ships, cut through the waves, plough the sea, τ. πέλαγος μέσον, κύματα θαλάσσης, Od.3.175, 13.88, cf. Pi.P.3.68: metaph., ψεύδη . . τάμνοισαι κυλίνδοντ᾽ ἐλπίδες men's hopes are tossed about as they cut through the sea of lies, Id.O.12.6: of birds, αἰθέρος αὔλακα τ. cleave the air, Ar.Av.1400, cf. h.Cer.383, E.Epigr.2.
