ἐκτέμνω — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.ἐκτάμνωvb cut out thighsof sacrificial animalsHom.an arrowsts. w.gen.fr. someone's thighIl.someone's tongue, gulletHdt. Ar.stringsfr. a lyrePlu.cut offa lock of hairE.pass.havew.acc.one's tonguecut outAeschin.v.l. ἀπο- Plu.fig., of unhealthy elements in the statebe cut outPl. cut from the stump cut downtreesIl. S.a grovePlb.cut outfr. the rootsa stumpLys. AR. cut from a tree or from timber cut outa club, a plankHom. fig. cut outthe sinewsw. ἐκ + gen.fr. one's soul, i.e. weaken itPl.of a warrior, military leadera city's sinewsi.e. its manpowerPi. Plu.excise, eradicatesomeone's vigour and pridePlu. specif.castrate someoneHdt. Pl. X.cut offsomeone's testiclesMen.cj.pass.of persons, animalsbe castratedPl. X. Arist. Plu.of horsesbe geldedX.mid.fig.make impotent, incapacitate, enervatesomeonePlb.

ShortDef

to cut out

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Headword:

ἐκτέμνω

Headword (normalized):

ἐκτέμνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

εκτεμνω

Intro Text:

ἐκ-τέμνω

IDX:

11901

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-11902

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