A.slice, “τ. ἐκ πτέρνης” Batr.37; γαστρός, πλακοῦντος, Ar. Eq. 1179, 1190; “τῆς χορδῆς” Cratin.192; ἀλλάντων, πυοῦ, Pherecr.108.8, 19; “γογγυλίδος” Alex.88; τυροῦ, ἡνύστρου, Eub.150.2, Mnesim.4.14 (anap.): generally, piece, “κιθῶνος” Michel 832.20 (Samos, iv B.C.); of wood, beam, IG11(2).161 D123, 165.49 (Delos, iii B.C.).
2. piece of land, ib.7.3170.12 (Orchom. Boeot.), cf. 1739, 1742 (Thespiae).
3. Geom., τ. κυλίνδρου frustum of a cylinder, portion of right cylinder intercepted betw. two parallel oblique sections, Archim. Con.Sph.Def.; τ. ἀπὸ ὀρθογωνίου κώνου τομᾶς ἀφαιρούμενος frustum of the section of a right-angled cone, i e. portion of a parabola cut off by two parallel double-ordinates, Id.Aequil.2.10.
II. roll of papyrus, PCair.Zen.357.15 (iii B.C.), LXXIs.8.1, PSI10.1146.1 (ii A.D.), Sammelb.7362.1 (ii A.D.), etc.; “τ. συγκολλήσιμος” PGrenf.2.41.18 (i A.D.); “τιμῆς ἀπὸ τόμου ἀγραφίου” PMich.Teb.123vvii 25 (i A.D.); tome, volume, PMich. in Class.Phil.22.10 (ii A.D.), D.L.6.15: metaph., “ἐν καθαρῷ διανοίας τ.” Porph.Marc.32.