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τέμνεσθαι τὸ σῶμα: may be a delicate allusion to 473 c (ἐκτέμνηται) as τὸ βαλλάντιον and κλέπτειν to 486 c (ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐχθρῶν περισυλᾶσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οὐσίαν), but it is more probable, owing to its common association with βαλλάντιον, that τέμνεσθαι is used generally like the Lat. secari. In view of Socrates' poverty, this savors of humor.
βαλλάντιον: a leathern purse for carrying money, which was fastened to the girdle. The βαλλαντιοτόμοι (cut-purses) were men who made a business of slipping off such purses in the market-places and the baths, and against whom it was difficult to protect one's self. This sentence is also a commentary on the mischiev
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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