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ἐκτέμνω (ektemnō) to cut off ^G:V

ἐκτέμνω,

Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἐκτάμνω (as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]future -τεμῶ: aorist 2 ἐξέταμον (see. below) or -έτεμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future perfect ἐκτετμήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—cut out, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηροῦ ἔκταμ᾽ ὀϊστόν cut an arrow from the thigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a surgeon, cut out a diseased part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχῆμα τῆς γῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 cut trees out of a wood, cut down, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of planks, etc., hew out, hew into shape, ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰ πρέμνα to cut the stumps out of the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἐ. ἶνας cut away the sinews, and so, weaken, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 'nip in the bud', πάθος [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—passive, ἐκτέμνεσθαι νοῦν καὶ λόγον [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II castrate, παῖδας [Refs 5th c.BC+]eunuchs, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰ θήλεα circumcise females, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III= κείρειν, γῆς ἐκτεμνομένης [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV ἐκτέμνεσθαί τινας φιλανθρωπίᾳ to disarm and deceive by kindness, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]