ἀποτέμνω
apotemnōVerbG6500
to shred
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1.to cut off, sever, (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;Pass., *τὴν γλῶτταν ἀποτμηθείς *having his tongue cut out, (Aeschines Orator)
2.to sever, divide, in a geographical sense, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., of troops, to be cut off from the main body, (Xenophon Historicus)
3.Mid. to cut off for oneself, (Iliad by Homer)
4.to cut off, so as to appropriate, *βοῦς *(Homeric Hymns); Φοινίκης ἀπ. to have a slice or portion of Phoenicia, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἀπ. *τῶν Ἀθηναίων *to cut off power from the Athenians, (Thucydides)
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