τομή
τομή
τομή, ἡ,
τέμνω
the end left after cutting, the stump of a tree, Il.; δοκοῦ τ. the end of a beam, Thuc.; λίθοι ἐν τομῇ ἐγγώνιοι stones cut square, Thuc.; so, τομῇ προσθεῖσα βόστρυχον having fitted the lock to the place from which it was cut, Aesch.
a cutting, hewing, cleaving, ἐν τομᾷ σιδήρου by stroke of iron, Soph.; φασγάνου τομαί Eur.:—as a surgical operation, τομῇ χρῆσθαι Plat.; διὰ καύσεών τε καὶ τομῶν by cautery and the knife, Plat.