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περιτέμνω 1 2 3 4

I.to cut or clip round about, Lat. circumcidere, οἰνὰς περιταμνέμεν to prune them, Hes.; τὴν κεφαλὴν π. κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ ὦτα Hdt.:—Mid., περιτάμνεσθαι βραχίονας to make incisions all round one's arms, id=Hdt.
2.of circumcision, id=Hdt.: and in Mid., περιτάμνονται τὰ αἰδοῖα they practise circumcision, id=Hdt.
3.to cut off the extremities, τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὴν ῥῖνα id=Hdt.:—Pass., περιτάμνεσθαι γῆν to be curtailed of certain land, id=Hdt.
II.to cut off and hem in all round, cut off, Lat. intercipere; hence in Mid., βοῦς περιταμνόμενος cutting off cattle for oneself, "lifting" cattle, Od.:—Pass. to be cut off, intercepted, Xen.

1 ionic -τάμνω

2 fut. -τεμῶ

3 perf. -τέτμηκα

4 aor2 -έτεμον

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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